The author's professional experience with the topic being discussed, such as one's job history or degrees.
What are credentials or experience?
100
A claim without proof.
What is an assertion?
100
"All Americans are fat"
What is over generalization?
100
"But everyone knows that an ambitious young man uses humility to advance himself"
What is either bandwagon "everyone knows this" or over generalization?
200
The credibility and trustworthiness of an author.
What is ethos?
200
Quoting an expert from a particular field.
What is expert testimony?
200
An attempt to elicit sorrow or sadness from the audience.
What is appeal to pity?
200
"Please buy this rice crispy from me! I only have ONE left and if I don't sell it, I have to buy it myself and I don't have any money and I'll have to work it off over the weekend :( :( :("
What is appeal to pity?
200
The art of speaking or writing effectively.
What is rhetoric?
300
The facts and evidence of an argument.
What is logos?
300
When an author analyzes the reasons for and then the consequences of an event or action.
What is cause and effect?
300
Appealing to mass followers.
What is bandwagoning?
300
"The question is, how would being king change him?"
What is a rhetorical question?
300
"Because I studied for this rhetorical device test, I got an A and felt pretty baller for the rest of the day. Oh. And got a sticker. The most important part."
What is cause/effect?
400
When an author tries to get the audience to feel emotions that help the author's argument.
What is pathos?
400
An author's word choice which creates tone, attitude, style and meaning.
What is diction?
400
When the writer or speaker attack's the opponent's character or person.
What is ad hominem or name calling?
400
"Therefore, in case he does, we must hold him back."
What is a call to action?
400
The ides of March.
What is March 15th?
500
Claim, Reason, and Evidence.
What are the argument ingredients?
500
A short story or real-life example told to illustrate a bigger point.
What is an anecdote?
500
When an author makes a conclusion about an entire group of people based on a select few.
What is over generalization?
500
"Evil can come from good, just as poisonous snakes tend to come out into the open on bright sunny days"
What is an analogy?
500
Flaws in logic, deceptive information, misleading pieces of argument.