Examples
The example, “For 50 cents a day, you can help save these sick, dying animals’ lives” uses ___.
What is pathos?
The appeal that uses logic and evidence.
What is logos?
A writer writes with a ___ they want to fulfill.
What is purpose?
You should do this action because it is normal/right.
What is Appeal to nature?
Not requiring standardized testing for college applications will lead to under qualified applicants being accepted.
What is fiction?
An advertisement for sneakers shows a professional athlete wearing them and talking about how good they are uses ___.
What is ethos?
The appeal that speaks to the credibility of the speaker or writer.
What is ethos?
A fallacy is a flaw in _______ thinking.
What is logical?
“Innocent until proven guilty”, but a judgment is made without hearing out both sides of the argument.
What is Argument from Ignorance?
According to books, all women that were proven guilty were burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials.
What is fiction?
When giving a presentation, the speaker uses real life statistics to support their claim. This is an example of __.
What is logos?
The appeal that uses emotions to help the audience connect to the author.
What is pathos?
Fallacious logos involves citing stark, startling statistics that will invoke a _____ emotion in the audience.
What is specific?
Adding in a story that doesn’t relate to the topic at hand but draws a sympathetic response.
What is Appeal to pity?
According to the University of Nebraska there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
What is Fact?
A sign that promotes recycling states that “Our turtles are dying, start recycling today!”
What is pathos?
The appeal that involves saying the right thing at the right time.
What is kairos?
A red herring introduces ___ facts to ____ from the actual argument.
What is irrelevant and detract?
When a political candidate claims that the nation is at risk if a certain action is not taken, it is an example of.
What is Argument from Authority // Kairos
My doctor said that everyone needs to exercise 30 minutes a day to live longer.
What is fiction?
A commercial urges consumers to buy a product because the sale ends that day. This is an example of ___.
What is kairos?
The appeal that uses invalid or weak evidence to give an unjustified premise.
What are fallacious appeals?
The Straw Man technique intentionally _____ your opponent’s positions by _____ their argument.
What is misrepresenting and exaggerating?
When someone attacks the person instead of the argument they're making: “You say I shouldn’t drink so much, but you drink everyday.”
What is Argument to the person? (They HAVE to answer this term, since Ad Hominem does NOT fit into this category)
The pope used to be a nightclub bouncer.
What is fact?