Persuasive Methods
Logical Fallacies
Components of Argument
Audience and Purpose
Wild
100
the persuasive method that appeals to logic
What is logos?
100
Come on! Everybody's doing it!
What is bandwagon?
100
This must be arguable, clear, and appropriately qualified.
What is a claim?
100
Those who will be reading/viewing your argument.
What is audience?
100
The four components of an argumentative essay.
What are claim, support, counterargument, and conclusion?
200
The persuasive method that appeals to a person's emotions and feelings.
What is pathos?
200
Commercials that use unrelated images and situations to get the consumers attention are committing this fallacy.
What is red herring or distraction?
200
Evidence, anecdotes, statistics, etc. are examples.
What is support?
200
Includes your claim and thesis statement as well as call to action.
What is purpose?
200
This is used to persuade a group of people to buy or do a certain thing and is often considered to be manipulative.
What is propaganda?
300
The persuasive method that relies on a person's credibility.
What is ethos?
300
This fallacy relies on stereotyping in order to be effective.
What is hasty generalization?
300
This part of the argument addresses the readers concerns or objections.
What is a counterargument?
300
Addressing the opposition of your audience.
What is a counterargument?
300
Prejudice in favor of a group or thing.
What is bias?
400
This persuasive method can be problematic if it is used to manipulate people.
What is pathos?
400
This is also known as the fallacy of the excluded middle.
What is either/or?
400
This part of an argument may include a call to action.
What is the conclusion?
400
Without this, your writing lacks a focus.
What is purpose?
400
Citing resources directly within the body of the paper.
What is parenthetical citations?
500
As a writer, it is important to establish this.
What is ethos?
500
The fallacy that is similar to the domino effect.
What is slippery slope?
500
All effective arguments must have this.
What is SUPPORT?
500
The reason that you would write differently for your grandparents than you would for your peers.
What is audience?
500
Argument in which the goal is to reach a common ground, not to win.
What is Rogerian argument?