Rhetorical Appeals
The use of emotion and feelings to persuade.
What is pathos?
Attacking the opponent instead of arguing the position.
What is ad hominem?
Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.
Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.
What is straw man?
An arguable statement that illustrates your opinion and can be argued one way or another.
What is a claim?
Sources should be up-to-date and c________.
What is current?
The establishment of an author's credibility.
What is ethos?
Claiming a minor event will set off a major chain of events.
What is slippery slope?
My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.
What is ad hominem?
A claim made to dismantle a prior claim.
What is a counterclaim?
Sources should pertain to your topic. They should be r___________.
What is relevant?
Using logic and reasoning.
What is logos?
A claim made based on insufficient evidence.
What is hasty generalization?
If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.
What is slippery slope?
Cell phones should be banned because they are a distraction in school.
Claim or counterclaim?
What is a claim?
The site of the source should be reputable and t_____________y.
What is trustworthy?
"More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests this is an effective treatment.”
What is logos?
Drawing the conclusion that when two events happen close together one has caused the other.
What is faulty causality?
"The two courses I took at UF were not very interesting. I don't think it’s a good university."
What is a hasty generalization?
While some argue cell phones are distracting, they can be helpful as a search tool in schools.
Claim or counterclaim?
What is a counterclaim?
The information should be supported by evidence and a____________.
What is accurate?
“Don’t be the last person on the block to have his lawn treated – you don’t want to be the laughing stock of your community!”
What is pathos?
When someone distorts or exaggerates another person's argument, and then attacks the distorted version.
What is straw man?
I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.
What is bandwagon?
Bob: Restaurants should require patrons to bring personal containers to take leftovers home. This will limit waste.
Rachel: Restaurants would lose customers if they refused to box up leftovers.
What is the counterclaim?
Sources should remain unbiased and o_________.
What is objective?