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"the pathetic appeal" refers to an appeal to the emotions:the speaker attempts to put the audience into a particular emotional state so that they will be more receptive to the speaker's message
What is Pathos?
100
involves the oversimplification of a complicated issue
What is Either-or arguments?
100
The visual metaphor of the straw man effectively represents this fallacy: the writer sets up a fake or distorted representation of a counterargument so as to have something to easily argue against and to present the writers own position in a more favorable light
What is Straw Man
200
Entails rational argument: it appeals to reason and persuades the audience through clear reasoning and philosophy. Statistics,facts, definitions, and formal proofs,as interpretations such as syllogism or deductively reasoned arguments, are all examples of " the logical appeal."
What is Logos?
200
argument that fall prey to this fallacy use ambiguous terminology that misleads the audience or confuses the issue
What is equivocation?
200
claims that two things resemble each other when they actually do not
What is False Analogy
300
an appeal to authority or character. Ethos means the character or goodwill of the speaker
What is Ethos?
300
an argument that presents only one side of the arguement
What is stacking the evidence?
300
the writer contends to be an authority-or holds up to be an authority- based on an overinflated or fallacious suggestion of expertise
What is Argument from authority?
400
attention to the right time and place for an argument
What is Kairos?
400
this form of circular logic uses an argument as evidence for itself, thereby evading the issue at hand
What is Begging the Question?
400
this strategy attempts to persuade by reducing the credibility of opposing positions through attacks on a person's character
What is Ad Hominem?
500
to appeal to the popular opinion or belief
What is Doxa?
500
some arguments employ unrelated information in order to distract the audience's attention from the issue at hand
What is Red Herring?
500
this mode of argument involves the practice of overemphasizing authority or ethos rather than focusing on the Merits of the evidence itself
What is Authority over evidence?
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