Rhetorical Appeals and Logical Fallacies Flashcard

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What is Circular Reasoning?

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A logical fallacy where the conclusion is included in the premise, essentially arguing in a circle.

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What is Ethos?

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A rhetorical appeal to credibility or character, often used to persuade an audience based on the speaker's trustworthiness.

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What is Pathos?

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A rhetorical appeal to emotion, aiming to elicit feelings from the audience to persuade them.

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What is Logos?

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A rhetorical appeal to logic and reason, using facts, statistics, and logical arguments to persuade.

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What is Hasty Generalization?

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A logical fallacy where a conclusion is drawn from an insufficient or biased sample.

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What is Argument from Authority (False Authority)?

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A fallacy that occurs when someone claims something is true simply because an authority figure believes it, without any supporting evidence.

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What is Strawman?

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A fallacy that misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.

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What is Ad Hominem?

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A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

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What is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?

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A fallacy that assumes that if one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second.

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What is Slippery Slope?

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A fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.