Rhetorical Appeals
Name the Rhetorical Appeal used.
"Dragonflies are the most vicious hunters because they manage to capture their prey in midair more than 95 percent of the time, according to a New York Times report. Compare that with a 50 percent success rate of a great white shark or a meager 25 percent for an African lion."
Logos
Identify the type of argument. Definition or Evaluation.
"Michael Jordan is the most versatile basketball player of all time because..."
Argument of Evaluation
Name the Fallacy
"Woman can't drive because my mom got in a car crash last week!"
Hasty Generalization
What president was Zachary Taylor?
12th
Name the Rhetorical Appeal used.
"Donating 5 cents will go to giving homeless people in your home town a meal"
Pathos
Identify the type of argument. Definition or Evaluation.
"NASCAR is not a sport because..."
Argument off Definition
Name the fallacy
"If you smoke one cigarette you will die."
Scare Tactics
1. They focus on the future.
2. When a solution is provided, they will call for change.
3. They center on the audience
2
What war did Taylor fight in, and lead the US to victory, before his presidency?
The Mexican-American war
Making an argument at the opportune time is an example of this rhetorical appeal.
Kairos
Identify the type of argument. Definition or Evaluation.
"Zachary Taylor is the best president in United States history because..."
Argument of Evaluation.
Name the fallacy.
"If you forget to do your homework night, next thing you know you're failing the class!"
Slippery Slope
Did we write a Policy or Practical proposal for our essay this year? Explain the difference.
Practical. A local issue rather than a grand issue.
ex. fixing the sidewalks on fox chapel road.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Is the following citation correct?
"Zachary Taylor had 6 kids," (Smith).
Why?
No. There can not be a comma at the end of a quote.
Name the Rhetorical Appeal used.
"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
Ethos
What is the first step of an argument of evaluation?
Make a claim
Name the Fallacy.
"God is real because the Bible says so."
Dogmatism/Begging the Q
Define Ethnographic observations.
Studying people and their everyday routines.
How many kids did Zachary Taylor have?
6
This part of the rhetorical triangle focuses on writers/speakers.
Ethos
Name 2 of the 4 kinds of an argument of definition.
Formal, Operational, Example, Negative
Name the fallacy.
“The music, the service at the feast,
The noble gifts for the great and small,
The rich adornment of Theseus’s palace
All these things I do not mention now.”
Paralypsis
What is the definition of a sufficient cause?
Something that is enough of itself to occur on its own.
How did Zachary Taylor die?
Walking home from a party drinking iced milk, but ultimately eating too many fresh cherries that made his stomach Virus worse and killed him on the walk home.