Persuasion and Logic
In persuasion, an ______ is a statement of opinion about a problem or an issue and the support for the statement.
What is an argument?
An ________ presents facts and logical thinking or reasoning, in support of a proposition.
What is an appeal to logic?
a _______ fallacy is an error in reasoning in which the speaker or writer tries to make an appeal to logic, but the logic is faulty.
What is a logical fallacy?
To them this government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed. To them this government is not a democracy. (rhetorical device)
What is repetition/ parallelism?
This is the historical event referenced in Elie Wiesel's Nobel Prize Speech.
What is the holocaust?
The support for an argument includes evidence and _______.
What is reason?
An ________ attempts to stir up positive or negative feelings in an audience.
What is an appeal to emotion?
This logical fallacy presents two choices as the only ones available, when there are actually other options.
What is a False dilemma?
If we don't expand our space program immediately, our freedom to explore human potential is at an end. (fallacy)
What is a false dilemma?
King uses what Biblical parable to convince his audience that it's their duty to help other people?
What is the Good Samaritan?
An argument is a statement of opinion about a problem. That statement is called _____.
What is proposition?
An __________ draws upon shared values and beliefs within the intended audience.
What is an appeal to ethics?
This is a persuasive technique that attempts to stir up compassion.
What is an appeal to pity?
Look into the scared eyes of a child who has been told Earth is dying. After that, you'll support research into space colonization. (fallacy)
What is an appeal to pity?
The very last line of "I've Been to the Mountaintop" is borrowed from what song?
What is the Battle Hymn of the Republic?
_______ involves drawing a general conclusion from specific facts.
What is Inductive Reasoning?
An _______ is based on the testimony of a source widely regarded as expert or reliable.
What is an appeal to authority?
This is used in an argument to focus on the opponent's personality, character, or other qualities instead on the opponent's supporting evidence.
What is a personal attack?
Scientific study advances humankind, so anyone who opposes study in space is against human progress. (fallacy)
What is an appeal to commonly held opinion?
MLK uses this rhetorical device in "I Have a Dream." Example: "Go back to Mississippi. Go back to Alabama. Go back to South Carolina. Go back to Georgia. Go back to Louisiana."
What is repetition/ parallelism?
Strong arguments often include a ___________, a brief argument that attempts to disprove opposing opinions about the problem or issue.
What is a counterargument?
________ is the repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical form.
What is parallelism?
A _______ is a persuasive technique in which evidence is based almost entirely on a widely held belief.
What is an appeal to commonly held opinion?
"The people" includes women and men, white and non-white, citizen and non-citizen. The Union was built by those people to secure their rights which include voting rights. So, all people in the Union should be granted the right to vote" (logic)
What is Deductive reasoning?
What literary device does King use throughout "I've been to the mountaintop". HINT: one is example is "...whenever Pharaoh wanted to prolong the period of slavery in Egypt he had a favorite, favorite formula for doing it... He kept the slaves fighting among themselves."
What is an allusion?