Rhetorical Appeals & Logical Fallacies by Michael Foster https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g Notes about ethos, logos, pathos, and some logical fallacies. Created for Skatrud’s Public Speaking class en-us 2016-10-06 15:56:24 UTC 2025-11-12 22:44:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Ethos 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128873267 1) Credibility
2)“Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 100 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians, but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best.”
3)This demonstrates Ethos as they are proving to others their credibility in their business]]> 2016-10-06 16:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128873267 Pathos 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128874963 1)Using emotion to persuade others.
2)"If we don’t move soon, we’re all going to die! Can’t you see how dangerous it would be to stay?"
3)The person s using the emotion of dying to persuade others to move.]]> 2016-10-06 16:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128874963 Logos 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128877032 1)Using logic to persuade others
2)"The data is perfectly clear: this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas."
3)The person is persuading others that the company is profitable by using data from the companies profits to prove his point.]]> 2016-10-06 16:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128877032 Hasty Generalization 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128880056 1) Making a conclusion about a topic with an opinion or withour knowing the whole story.
2)My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine.  Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you.
3)The person who said this is demonstrating hasty generalization as they are making a conclsuion withut knowing the whole story and all the consequences of smoking.]]> 2016-10-06 16:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128880056 Post Hoc 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128884688 1)Assuming something will happen after something else that occured.
2)Mr. Governor issues a proclamation for the people of his state to pray for rain.  Several months later, it rains.  Praise the gods!
3)People made the conection between two random events and assumed that their praying brought rain.]]> 2016-10-06 16:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/128884688 Slippery Slope 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129161211 1)The idea that after one event will occur another one willl occur as a result and another will occur and another... and so on.
2)We cannot unlock our child from the closet because if we do, she will want to roam the house.  If we let her roam the house, she will want to roam the neighborhood.  If she roams the neighborhood, she will get picked up by a stranger in a van. Therefore, we should keep her locked up in the closet.
3) The parents won't let their child out of the closet because if they do a series of events will occur and end up will the child will get kidnapped.]]> 2016-10-07 15:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129161211 Bandwagon 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129162709 1)Doing something because the mass majority is doing that thing.
2)Marcus wants to go to a small community college close to home, but most of the kids in his class are applying to larger colleges out of state. Marcus decides that he should also apply to those colleges.
3)This shows bandwagon as since all of Marcus' friends are applying ]]> 2016-10-07 15:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129162709 Appeal to Authority 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129165275 1)Doing something becuase an authority figure had told you or wants you to.
2)My 5th grade teacher once told me that girls will go crazy for boys if they learn how to dance.  Therefore, if you want to make the ladies go crazy for you, learn to dance.
3)Since the teacher is an authority figure to the kid, the kid believes what the teacher says as to be true.]]> 2016-10-07 15:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129165275 Ad Populum 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129167435 1) Something must be true beacause most people believe it.
2)How could you not believe in virgin births?  Roughly two billion people believe in them, don’t you think you should reconsider your position?
3)Since 2 billion believe in vigin births then everyone one else should beause the if the marjority believes in it then it must be true.
]]> 2016-10-07 15:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129167435 Ad hominem(abusive) 17fostem https://padlet.com/17fostem/3btjnq82wo0g/wish/129170749 1)Attacking the person in an argumnet instead of the argument.
2)Person 1 is claiming Y.
Person 1 is a moron.
Therefore, Y is not true.
3)Since Person 1 believes one thing that Person 2 doesn't believe then Person 1 in Person 2's eyes is then a moron
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