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Rhetoric Appeals
Logical Fallacies (Definitions)
Logical Fallacies (Definitions.. Continued)
Logical Fallacies (Terms)
Logical Fallacies (Terms..Continued)
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Appeal to authority or character. This appeal means the character, or goodwill of the speaker.
What is Ethos
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Involves the over simplification of a complex issue.
What is Either-or-Argument
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This mode of argument involves the practice of overemphasizing authority or ethos rather than focusing on the merits of the evidence itself.
What is Authority Over Evidence
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Either/Or Argument
What is Involves the over simplification of a complex issue.
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Authority Over Evidence
What is This mode of argument involves the practice of overemphasizing authority or ethos rather than focusing on the merits of the evidence itself.
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This appeal refers to an appeal of the emotions: this speaker attempts to put the audience into a particular emotional state so that they will be more receptive to a speaker's message.
What is Pathos
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An argument that presents only one side of an issue.
What is Stacking the evidence
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This strategy attempts to persuade by reducing the credibility of opposing positions through attacks on a persons character.
What is Ad Hominem
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Stacking the Evidence
What is An argument that presents only one side of an issue.
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Ad Hominem
What is This strategy attempts to persuade by reducing the credibility of opposing positions through attacks on a persons character.
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To appeal to the popular opinion
What is Doxa
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This visual metaphor effectively represents this fallacy; the writer sets up a fake or distorted representation of a counter argument so as to have something to easily argue against and to present the writer's own position in a more favorable light.
What is Straw Man
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Arguments that fall prey to this fallacy use ambiguous terminology that misleads the audience or confuses the issue.
What is Equivocation
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Straw Man
What is This visual metaphor effectively represents this fallacy; the writer sets up a fake or distorted representation of a counter argument so as to have something to easily argue against and to present the writer's own position in a more favorable light.
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Equivocation
What is Arguments that fall prey to this fallacy use ambiguous terminology that misleads the audience or confuses the issue.
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Entails rational argument: it appeals to reason and persuades the audience through clear reasoning and philosophy. Statistics, facts, definitions, and formal proofs, as well as interpretations such as syllogisms or deductively reasoned arguments, are all examples of this appeal.
What is Logos
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Some arguments employ unrelated information in order to distract the audiences attention from the issue at hand.
What is Red Herring
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Claims that two things resemble each other when in fact they do not.
What is False Analogy
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Red Herring
What is Some arguments employ unrelated information in order to distract the audiences attention from the issue at hand.
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False Analogy
What is Claims that two things resemble each other when in fact they do not.
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Attention to the right time and place for an argument.
What is Kairos
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This form of circular logic uses an argument as evidence for itself, thereby evading the issue at hand.
What is Begging the question
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The writer contends to be an authority--or holds another up to be an authority--based on an overinflated or fallacious suggestion of expertise.
What is Argument of Authority
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Begging the Question
What is This form of circular logic uses an argument as evidence for itself, thereby evading the issue at hand.
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Argument of Authority
What is The writer contends to be an authority--or holds another up to be an authority--based on an overinflated or fallacious suggestion of expertise.