sentence test Flashcards
Argument
Appeals to audiences sense of reason (defending claim w facts and evidence)
Persuasion
Appeals mainly to an audiences feeling and values (crafty writing w pathos and ethos)
Logos
Logical (addresses the rational faculties of readers)
Pathos
Emotional (aims to the readers hearts)
Ethos
Ethical (uses expertise and character)
Inductive reasoning
Starts with an observation or question that leads to a theory by examining the related issues
Deductive reasoning
Starts with a theory or statement and then works it’s way down to a conclusion based on evidence
Hasty generalization
An inductive conclusion that leaps to all instances when at best only some of It has evidence
Oversimplification
An inductive conclusion that ignores complexities
Begging the question
Assuming a conclusion in the statement of a premise (we can trust the president to not neglect the needy because he is a compassionate man)
Ignoring the question
shifting the argument
Ad hominem
Ignoring the question by attacking their opponent on a personal level
Either or
Making reader choose between two interpretations
Non sequitur
Conclusion derived illogically
Post hoc
Assuming that because one thing precedes another, it must have caused the other