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Appeals
Errors
Rhetorical
Devices
Persuasion
Persuasion
100
appeal to emotion that attempts to stir up positive or negative feelings in the audience
What is pathos?
100
an error in reasoning in which the writer tries to man an appeal to logic, but the logic is faulty
What is logical fallacy?
100
use language to enhance persuasion
What is a rhetorical device?
100
a type of speech or writing, usually nonfiction, that attempts to convince an audience to think or act in a particular way.
What is persuasion?
100
a brief argument that attempts to disprove opposing opinions.
What is counterargument?
200
appeal to logic. Presents facts and logical thinking or reasoning to persuade
What is logos?
200
this "dilemma" presents two choices as the only ones available, when there are actually other options
What is false dilemma?
200
repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical form
What is parallelism?
200
Support for an argument includes reasons and evidence.
What is support?
200
the statement that is being argued in the form of a declarative sentence.
What is position?
300
appeal to ethics draws upon shared values and beliefs within the intended audience
What is ethos?
300
errors in reasoning that occur when the speaker or writer uses misleading appeals to emotion, ethics, or authority
What are rhetorical fallacies?
300
The phrase is understood as to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply
What is an idiom?
300
Explain why someone should accept the proposition.
What are reasons?
300
a method used to structure clear and effective arguments.
What is logic?
400
"Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there" is an example of this.
What is slogan?
400
focuses on the opponent’s personality, character, or other qualities instead of on the opponent’s supporting evidence
What is personal attack?
400
reference to a person, event, or other outside "thing" in history in a work
What is allusion?
400
consists of examples, facts, and experts opinions
What is evidence?
400
involves drawing a general conclusion from specific facts.
What is inductive reasoning?
500
is based on the testimony of a source widely regarded as an expert or reliable
What is appeal to authority?
500
everyone is doing it, so should you
What is bandwagon appeal?
500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
What we are studying this 6 weeks
What is persuasion?
500
involves taking a general conclusion and applying it to specific facts.
What is deductive reasoning?