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Language Appeals
100
Obama: “We can go back to the tax rates we had when Bill Clinton was president. We created 23 million new jobs. That's part of what took us from deficits to surplus. It will be good for our economy and it will be good for job creation.”
What is an Appeal to Tradition
100
Question: "What can you say to reassure me that I will be able to sufficiently support myself after I graduate college?" Romney: "We're also going to have our loan program, so that people are able to afford school."
What is Red Herring
100
Obama: "Romney said when I took office, the price of gasoline was 1.80... economy was on the verge of collapse... it's conceivable that Governor Romney could bring down gas prices... his policies we might be back in that same mess."
What is Reasoning from Specific Instances
100
Romney: "Coal production is not up, coal jobs are not up. I was just at a coal facility where some 1,200 people lost their jobs."
What is Appeal to Logos
200
Romney: "I don't think anyone really believes that you're a person who's going to be pushing for oil and gas and coal."
What is Bandwagon
200
Obama: "You know, when Governor Romney said we should let Detroit go bankrupt, I said, we're going to bet on American workers and the American auto industry, and it's come surging back."
What is Ad Hominem
200
Obama: "That's why we've invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy-efficient cars…If we do those things, not only is your future going to be bright, but America's future's going to be bright as well."
What is Causal Reasoning
200
Romney: "I was in Pennsylvania with someone who had just graduated -- this was in Philadelphia -- and she said, "I've got my degree. I can't find a job. I've got three part- time jobs. They're just barely enough to pay for my food and pay for an apartment. I can't begin to pay back my student loans."
What is Appeal to Pathos
300
Obama: "When I took office the price of gasoline was $1.80, $1.86. Why is that? Because the economy was on the verge of collapse...So, it's conceivable that Governor Romney could bring down gas prices because with his policies, we might be back in that same mess."
What is the Either or Fallacy
300
Obama: "That's why we doubled clean -- clean energy production like wind and solar and biofuels...because ultimately that's how we're going to reduce demand and that's what's going to keep gas prices lower."
What is Appeal to Novelty
300
Romney: "I was proud of the fact that after I staffed my Cabinet and my senior staff, that the University of New York in Albany did a survey of all 50 states, and concluded that mine had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America."
What is Appeal to Ethos
400
Obama: "And let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America — roads, bridges, schools. If we do those things, not only is your future going to be bright, but America's future's going to be bright as well."
What is Slippery Slope
500
Romney: "He said in his first year he'd put out an immigration plan that would deal with our immigration challenges. Didn't even file it. This is a president who has not been able to do what he said he'd do."
What is a Hasty Generalization