Rhetoric

Question 1

Rhetoric

Answer 1

The art of persuasion through language (textual, visual, body)

Question 2

Important Because

Answer 2

• We want to be skeptical of forces that will separate us from our attention.
• Understanding rhetoric makes you a more informed citizen
• Understanding rhetoric will get you places (Job interview, good leadership skills)
• Helps with communicating with people you care about (platonic or romatic)

Question 3

Pathos

Answer 3

Appeal to emotion
Makes people like you more. A person who is seen as relatable can gain more supporters.

Question 4

Ethos

Answer 4

Appeal to character
This is when you’re telling your audience that you are well-meaning, kind, knowledgeable, and reliable.

Question 5

Logos

Answer 5

Appeal to logic
When a speaker uses data (hard numbers) and reason (logical arguments) to persuade.

Question 6

Fallacy

Answer 6

Flawed argument

Question 7

Pathos Fallacy:

Answer 7

Exploitative, cynical, smug. Common in politics.

Question 8

False Dillema Fallacy

Answer 8

Pathos

creates an either-or choice in which the answer seems really obvious. This fallacy gives the impression that the choice is obvious when it’s really not.

Question 9

Slippery Slope Fallacy

Answer 9

Pathos

When a person exaggerates the consequence of a specific action or choice.

Ex: “If I extend your curfew, you’ll go out and meet some bad people, and next thing you know you’re dead in a ditch somewhere.”

Question 10

Bandwagon / Appeal Fallacy

Answer 10

Pathos
Makes the case that since a lot of people agree with its argument, it must be right.

Question 11

Sentimental Appeals

Answer 11

Pathos

Focus on creating specific emotional responses. They can appeal to our desire to protect the helpless or present some heartwarming idea we need to defend.

Question 12

Ethos Fallacy

Answer 12

Ethical. Instances in which people expressed flawed authority or morality.

Question 13

Appeal to false authority

Answer 13

Ethos
Saying a claim is true simply because an authority figure made it

Question 14

Moral Equivalence

Answer 14

Ethos

Arguer diminishes something that’s a big deal by comparing it to something small, or compares something small to something that’s a big deal.

Ex: You wouldn’t steal a car, so why would you pirate a movie?

Question 15

Ad Hominem

Answer 15

Ethos

Attacks the person, rather than his arguments.

Question 16

Dogmatic Opinion

Answer 16

Ethos

Any argument that begins with the phrase, “No rational person…” or “It’s clear to anyone who has thought about it…” is suspiciously dogmatic.

Occurs when a writer attempts to persuade by asserting or assuming that there is only one acceptable position regarding an argument

Question 17

Logical Fallacies

Answer 17

Logos. Tricky because they seem reasonable and natural due to logical form.

Question 18

Hasty Generalization/Stereotyping

Answer 18

Logos

Happens when we assume what we notice in our own limited experiences is true for everyone.

Question 19

Faulty Causality

Answer 19

Logos
“After this, therefore because of this.”

Just because event A happened before event B, it doesn’t necessarily mean that A caused B to happen.

Question 20

Circular Logic

Answer 20

Logos

Its two premises depend on each other to be true

Ex: Jim can’t be guilty of cheating because he’s an honest guy.
I know I’m right because I said so.