Rhetorical Devices & Logical Fallacies

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

• The Bandwagon Fallacy

• Circular Reasoning

• slippery slope

• non sequitur

When an argument only gives you 2 choices to choose from, but there are really more...

• slippery slope

• either/or

• circular reasoning

• bandwagon

an argument that distracts you from the real issue

• circular reasoning

• slippery slope

• bandwagon

• red herring

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

• ethos

• logos

• pathos

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

• Anecdote

• Simile

• Rhetorical Question

• Metaphor

"It does not follow" - this argument doesn't make sense...

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• slippery slope

• bandwagon

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

• Rhetorical Questions

• Simile

• Repetition

• Allusion

Appeals to emotion

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

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

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics

• logos

• ethos

• pathos