https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb Notes about ethos, logos, pathos, and some logical fallacies. Created for Skatrud’s Public Speaking class en-us 2017-01-04 01:07:24 UTC 2017-01-09 22:58:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145188494 Definition: credibility or ethical appeal in a persuasive speech 
EX: "Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment."
Explanation: When you hear that a doctor recommends it you know they know what they are talking about (credibility)]]> 2017-01-04 01:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145188494 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145188660 Definition: the emotions that a persuasive speech stirs up
EX: "Darkies work on da Mississippi. Darkies work while the white men play"
Explanation: This causes a reader to feel pity for the black people referenced]]> 2017-01-04 01:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145188660 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145188783 Definition: Facts that are presented in a persuasive speech to evoke logic 
EX: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore Socrates is mortal.
Explanation: They are stating a fact that allows something to be make sense]]> 2017-01-04 01:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145188783 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145189003 Definition: making a generalization with insufficient evidence
EX: You visit a new country and the first person you meet in the airport is rude. You send a message to a friend back home that everyone in this new country is rude.
Explanation: They met one person and is assuming that everyone is like how that one person is. ]]> 2017-01-04 01:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/145189003 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146046538 Definition: Assuming that seeing how one thing occurred before the other, that they are correlated.
EX: I sneezed at the same time the power went off. My sneeze did something to make the power go off.
Explanation: They think the two happening at the same time that they are correlated but they aren't.]]> 2017-01-09 17:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146046538 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146049635 Definition: Saying a small first step dominoes into a larger event.
EX: If we allow the children to choose the movie this time, they are going to expect to be able to choose the school they go to or the doctors they visit.
Explanation: Thinking that giving kids choice once will make them assume they can choose everything.]]> 2017-01-09 17:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146049635 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146050622 Definition: Saying everyone else should do something because other people do it.
EX: "Katie likes to read and would rather do that than play sports. Her friends make fun of her and tell her that reading is for nerds. Katie stops reading so much and starts to play sports more."
Explanation:  Since the majority of her friends think reading is dumb, she starts to think it's dumb as well]]> 2017-01-09 17:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146050622 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146054261 Definition: Saying you should do something because a famous person does it.
EX: "Kylie Jenner got lip injections and so should you."
Explanation: Since a famous person did it you should too to feel famous]]> 2017-01-09 17:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146054261 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146055340 Definition: Saying something is true because many people believe it
EX: “Gods must exist, since every culture has some sort of belief in a higher being.”
Explanation: They are saying that since many people have a belief in a higher being everyone should.]]> 2017-01-09 17:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146055340 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146137946 Definition: Going against a person instead of their opinion.
EX: "A parent who says that the teacher doesn't know how to teach because she graduated from a community college."
Explanation: They are saying that the type of education she got affects her credibility]]> 2017-01-09 22:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146137946 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146138196 Definition: Distracting from the truth by using pity
EX: "Commercials that show starving children in Africa before asking for donations to feed them."
Explanation: Showing starving children makes watchers feel bad so they will donate more]]> 2017-01-09 22:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146138196 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146138377 Definition: Changing somebody's argument to make it easier to attack
EX: "Biology teacher begins teaching evolution by stating that all things evolve. Student says she just can't accept that humans came from bugs."
Explanation: The student changes the facts and says that humans come from bugs but we really didn't.]]> 2017-01-09 22:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146138377 17whites https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146138702 Definition: Misleads or distracts from the issue to lead people to the wrong conclusion.
EX: "When you are late getting home-past curfew-you distract your parents by talking to them about the weather-how cold it is, or how rainy it is"
Explanation: The child is distracting their parents so they won't the won't get in trouble since they got home late.]]> 2017-01-09 22:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/17whites/7hrordi6ifrb/wish/146138702