Rhetorical Devices & Logical Fallacies

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Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics

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logos

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Appeals to emotion

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pathos

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Using a speaker's credibility (i.e. celebrity/expert endorsement) to persuade others

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ethos

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The phrase, "Almost everyone that was asked said that McDonalds is better than Burger King, so it must be true," represents which fallacy?

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The Bandwagon Fallacy

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Mistakes in reasoning are called_________.

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logical fallacies

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A logical fallacy that tries to prove an argument...with its own argument.

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circular reasoning

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Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning are usually examples of...

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Repetition

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A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

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Simile

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A comparison to one situation to another situation ("I need my phone like fish needs WATER!")

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Analogy

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Turns a minor event into a major catastrophe...

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slippery slope