Reasoning & Fallacies
A type of logical fallacy that misrepresents a person's ideas
What is Strawman?
an appeal to emotions
What is pathos?
what it is called when an author is trying to convince you to believe something
What is to persuade?
helps readers know what things look like
What are images or illustrations?
The central idea
What is the big idea/main idea of the text?
a fallacy that uses the "if..then" premise to make an exaggerated conclusion
What is Slippery Slope?
an appeal using data or reasoning
What is logos?
The purpose of most stories and poetry is to do this
What is to entertain?
helps a reader understand an image
What is a CAPTION?
When the author uses true information to develop their idea
What are facts?
a type of reasoning that uses facts to make a claim
What is DEDUCTIVE REASONING?
an appeal to credibility or moral principle
What is ethos?
a type of fallacy that makes the reader want to do something because it's popular
What is ad populum?
identify topics within a text
What are SUBHEADINGS?
When the author uses words from an expert or an interview to support their argument/idea.
What is quotations?
type of reasoning that uses observations to make a claim
What is INDUCTIVE REASONING?
A type of text structure that uses time words or sequence.
What is chronological?
a type of fallacy that is an attack on someone's character
What is ad hominem?
provides a definition of a word at the bottom of a page
What are FOOTNOTES?
when an author introduces a new word and tells the reader what it means
What is a definition?
type of reasoning that uses a pattern to make a claim
What is abductive reasoning?
The author's purpose when writing
What is to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain?
the meaning of the root "scribe"
What is "to write"?
provides a visual representation with labels
What is a DIAGRAM?
when an author uses examples or descriptions to help develop an idea
What is details?