Rhetorical Appeals
Logical Fallacies Pt 1
Logical Fallacies Pt 2
Rhetorical Triangle
Course Materials and Lessons
100

The main rhetorical appeal in this public awareness campaign 

pathos

100

Taking advantage of the idea that most people want to be liked and using that to get them to accept your argument. 

Ad Populum

100

The logical fallacy in this video


ad hominem

100

The blank's identity/credentials

Author
100

The author of "Mother Tongue"

Amy Tan

200

The main rhetorical appeal in this PSA: 


ethos

200

The logical fallacy in this video


Post Hoc aka False Cause

200

The logical fallacy in this video:


Appeal to (doubtful) authority

200

The reason why I decided to make this documentary

Purpose

200

Dialogue, five senses, metaphors/similes, onomatopoeia etc, are all examples of X which are essential when writing a creative nonfiction essay

storytelling elements

300

Releasing a horror movie around Halloween

Kairos

300

The logical fallacy in this video 


Missing the Point

300

The logical fallacy in this scenario: If you leave the door open, the cat will run away. If the cat runs away, then it will get bitten by another animal. If the cat gets bitten by another animal, it will get rabies. If the cat gets rabies, it will bite a human. If the cat bites a human, the human will get rabies. If the human gets rabies, it will bite another person. Soon, there will be rabies pandemic. 

Slippery slope

300

The difference between the intended and extended audience

Intended Audience: who the writer specifically created the piece for

Extended Audience: anyone else the piece can resonate with/apply to

300

The language and literacy essay is a blank type of essay

Creative Nonfiction AKA CNF

400

The rhetorical appeal in this commercial:


logos

400

The logical fallacy in this scenario: You are reading a murder mystery. The character, Mrs. Johnson, lies and tells the detective that she never saw Anne the day she was murdered. However, Mrs. Johnson is NOT the murderer. 

Red herring

400

The logical fallacy in this scenario: There is a lot of debate happening right now about transgender rights. Many conservative politicians argue that there are only two sexes: male and female. 

False dichotomy

400

Subject/genre

Title

400

This piece of writing includes a summary and your notes about a specific source  

annotated bibliography

500

The syllabus says that using AI for my assignments will count as academic dishonesty unless I say how I used it. I don't tell my teacher I used AI and she finds out anyway. What rhetorical appeal is being questioned?

Ethos

500

The logical fallacy in this scenario: Your friend tells you that they will be voting for the Republican candidate in the upcoming election because they feel the Republicans have a better plan for immigration. Now, you decide to end the friendship because you believe your friend is racist. 

Straw man
500

The logical fallacy in this video:


Equivocation

500

Time and place

Context/Exigence

500

The four synthesis keywords

Support, extend, complicate, challenge