Study 5+6

Question 1

persuasion attempts to

Answer 1

win someone to one’s own point of view

Question 2

what value does rhetoric have

Answer 2

persuasive. It has no logical force or probative value

Question 3

Euphemisms

Answer 3

Seek to mute the disagreeable aspects of something or to emphasize its agreeable aspects

Question 4

Dyphemism

Answer 4

seek to emphasize the disagreeable aspects of something

Question 5

Weaslers

Answer 5

seek to protect a claim by weakening it

Question 6

Downplayers

Answer 6

seek to tone down the importance of something

Question 7

streotypes

Answer 7

a cultural belief about a social group’s attributes, usually simplified or exaggerated

Question 8

innuendo

Answer 8

using the power of suggestion to disparage someone or something

Question 9

loaded question

Answer 9

questions that depend on unwarranted assumptions

Question 10

ridicule and sarcasm

Answer 10

widely used to put something in a bad light

Question 11

hyperbole

Answer 11

overdone exaggeration

Question 12

rhetorical definitions and explanations

Answer 12

definitions and explanations used to express or influence attitudes or affect behavior by invoking images with emotional associations

Question 13

rhetorical analogies

Answer 13

analogies used to express or influence attitudes or affect behavior by invoking images with emotional associations

Question 14

proof surrogates

Answer 14

suggest there is evidence or authority for a claim without actually saying what the evidence or authority is

Question 15

repitition

Answer 15

hearing or reading a claim over and over can sometimes mistakenly encourage the belief that it is true

Question 16

photographs

Answer 16

are not claims or arguments, they enter into critical thinking by offering information on an issue. they can also affect us psychologically

Question 17

demagogues

Answer 17

use extreme rhetoric and gain power over people
otherizing
demonizing
fostering xenophobia
fear and hate mongering

Question 18

argumentum ad hominem

Answer 18

attempting to dismiss a source’s position by discussing the source ratherthan the position

Question 19

straw man

Answer 19

attempting to dismiss a source’s position by misrepresenting it

Question 20

false dilemma

Answer 20

attempting to establish a point by pretending it is th eonly alternative to something we will find unacceptable, unattainable, or implausible

Question 21

misplacing the burden of proof

Answer 21

attempting to place the burden of proof on the wrong side of an issue

Question 22

Begging the qeustion

Answer 22

attempting to “support” a contention by offering as “evidence” what amounts to repackaging of the very contention in question

Question 23

Appeal to emotion

Answer 23

attempting to “support” a contention by playing on our emotions rather than by producing a real argument

Question 24

Irrelevant conclusion

Answer 24

relevance fallacies that do not fit in to the previous categories