Argumentative Unit

What is rhetoric?

• The art of avoiding classwork.

• The art of writing well.

• The art of persuasive writing and speaking.

• The art of looking busy.

Which of these is needed to make a strong argument?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Evidence

• Counterclaim

What is ethos?

• The appeal to puppies

• The appeal to emotion

• The appeal to credibility

• The appeal to logic

What is pathos?

• The appeal to hiking

• The appeal to emotion

• The appeal to credibility

• The appeal to logic

What is logos?

• The appeal to LEGO

• The appeal to emotion

• The appeal to credibility

• The appeal to logic

What is logical fallacy?

• Logic that falls in the sea.

• Logic that fails the reader.

• Reasoning that does not make sense on the surface but is true.

• Reasoning that makes sense on the surface but is false.

Which type of logical fallacy is a broad statement that applies to many individuals or situations?

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

• Either/Or

• False Cause/Effect

• Hasty Generalization

Which type of logical fallacy is used when a writer incorrectly states that one event has caused another?

• Circular Reasoning

• Stereotyping

• Either/Or

• False Cause/Effect

• Hasty Generalization

Which type of logical fallacy provides only two possible choices or outcomes of a situation, even if there are many?

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

• Either/Or

• False Cause/Effect

• Hasty Generalization

Which type of logical fallacy is a personal attack, is the practice of attacking the person who makes an argument rather than showing the flaws in the argument itself?

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

• Either/Or

• False Cause/Effect

• Stereotyping