Logical Fallacies
This was the number of logical fallacies we went over in class
What is Twelve
50-50 Question
Should your thesis be an established fact or a controversial opinion?
What is controversial opinion
Ethos is an appeal to these two major qualities
(think, what is the point of ethos!)
What are character(values/ideologies) and Credibility (authority)
What is deceit
What is your great instructor's favorite color and number
what are silver and nineteen
The Budweiser commercial predominantly utilized this logical fallacy in order to convey its message
What is appeal to emotion or appeal to pathos
This is the function of a topic sentence which is usually the first sentence of every paragraph
What is introduces the main/controlling idea
What does Rhetorical Analysis mean?
(Closest answer gets the points)
What is critically breaking down an individual's use of language and contextual elements in their attempts at persuasion
This type of fallacy occurs when testimony from someone with a lack of expertise is used
What is appeal to false authority
What is "pain from an old wound"
Slippery Slope Fallacies often show an error in logic (logos), but they are also often an appeal to pathos by playing with this emotion
what is fear
These were the three types of ways to organize your paragraphs
What are narration, description, and process
(classification also counts if you are feeling really cool)
The poem we read together in class conveyed its message to this primary audience
What are immigrants
This logical fallacy distorts an argument in order to make it easier to argue against
What is a straw man fallacy
This is the name of the poem we went over in class that endorsed the American identity
What is The New Colossus
In the witch scene from Monty Python, the argument detailing that because wood and witches both float, it is true that witches are made of wood is an example of which fallacy
What is false analogy
These are the four qualities to a successful paragraph
(closest gets the points :)
what are unity/unified, coherency, well-developed, and relating to the thesis
In the Budweiser commercial we looked at in class, this is what the horses represent
What is friendship
This type of fallacy occurs when someone oversimplifies scenarios into black and white categories, while ignoring the alternatives
What is false dichotomy
List as many of the nine soft skills that Appleby recognizes in his article
(whoever gets the most get the points)
What are 1)motivation, 2)enthusiasm, 3)ambition, 4)goals, 5)talents, 6)attendance, 7)preparation, 8)interpersonal skills, and 9)thinking skills
This logical fallacy means jumping to broad conclusions without having enough evidence. It is typically based on an isolated situation.
what is hasty generalization
This third step of the writing process for building paragraphs is extremely important because it both clarifies your position and concretizes your ideas
What is giving examples
Besides ethos, logos, and pathos what other general rhetorical elements can you analyze
(most gets the point)
What are speaker (author), audience, purpose, subject, context, content, medium, tone
The following statement commits which fallacy "If it is not illegal, then it would not be against the law"
What is circular reasoning
Out of 50 states, New Mexico was added to the United States as this number
What is 47