Final Flashcards
Pathos
emotional connection to audience
logos
logical argruement
ethos
Credibility of the person
Connotative meaning
meaning within the sentence
denotative meaning
meaning in the dicitonary
Red herring
something that distracts you from the real issue
Hasty generalization
Jumping to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
False cause
Mistakenly assuming that because one event follows another, the first event is the cause of the second.
Ad Hominem
Attacking your opponent rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Either / Or
Argues there are only two options when more than two exist.
Bandwagon
Assumes that because something is popular, it is good, correct, or desirable.
Slippery Slope
Assumes that taking the first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be avoided.
Invalid Analogy
Analogy in which the two cases being compared are not alike.
What are the propositions?
fact, value, policy.
What are fact propositions?
A question about the truth or falsity of an assertion.
Draws a conclusion by moving an audience from established evidence to a claim.
What are Value propositions?
A question about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth of an idea or action. Propositions of value use value terms: good/bad, right/wrong, just/unjust, important/unimportant, beautiful/ugly, etc.