Rhetorical Appeals & Logical Fallacies by Cole Sabinash https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx Notes about ethos, logos, pathos, and some logical fallacies. Created for Skatrud’s Public Speaking class en-us 2016-10-06 00:55:44 UTC 2016-10-06 01:24:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Ethos 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128667856 1. Persuasion using ethics/credibility.
2. "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
3. The doctor establishes that he or she is qualified.

]]> 2016-10-06 00:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128667856 Logos 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128668363 1. Persuasion using reason.
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. Use of data as proof.]]> 2016-10-06 01:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128668363 Pathos 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128668583 1. Persuasion using emotion.
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. Fear (emotion) of dying.]]> 2016-10-06 01:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128668583 Straw Man 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128668735 1. Making up and or lying about the oppositions argument.
2. "After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending."
3. Warren falsely claims that Will hates our country.]]> 2016-10-06 01:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128668735 Bandwagon 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669101 1. Use of popularity as justification.
2. "Everyone believes that the world is flat, so it must be true."
3. Using a group as evidence for an idea.]]> 2016-10-06 01:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669101 Slippery Slope 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669316 1. One event will lead to another, and another, and so on.
2. "Colin Closet asserts that if we allow same-sex couples to marry, then the next thing we know we'll be allowing people to marry their parents, their cars and even monkeys."
3. The persuader is trying to connect one item to many questionable outcomes.]]> 2016-10-06 01:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669316 Ad Hominem 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669603 1. Attacking a person with insults.
2. "Sam asks the audience whether we should believe anything from a woman who isn't married, was once arrested, and smells a bit weird."
3. Sam does not address the argument, he just insults her.]]> 2016-10-06 01:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669603 Hasty Generalization 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669796 1. Using a small sample size as justification.
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. A conclusion cannot be drawn from one particular instance.]]> 2016-10-06 01:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128669796 Post Hoc 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128670052 1. Assumption that one thing caused another.
2. "(1) Most people who are read the last rites die shortly afterwards.
Therefore:
(2) Priests are going around killing people with magic words!"
3. Priests obviously aren't the cause of the deaths]]> 2016-10-06 01:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128670052 Ad Populum 17sabinc https://padlet.com/17sabinc/bm1ks341hdhx/wish/128670235 1. Changing the subject to avoid the argument.
2. "Argument A is presented by person 1.
Person 2 introduces argument B.
Argument A is abandoned."
3. Person 2 changes the subject to avoid Argument A
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