Persuasive/Argumentative Vocabulary

What does it mean to be persuasive?

• Use logic and reasoning to convince them

• Play on people's emotions to convince them

• Explain

• To make up a story

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

What does argumentative mean?

• To use logic and reasoning to convince someone

• To play on people's emotions to convince someone

• Explain

• To make up a story

What is the author's purpose with a persuasive text?

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade/Convince

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the purpose of a Fallacy?

• To use only factual evidence

• To entertain them

• To mislead someone so that they will be persuaded

• To be creative with an advertisement

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is an example of a logical fallacy?

• Everything is bigger in Texas, therefore, you will earn a bigger salary if you move here!

• There are many dogs in the animal shelter that are dying from starvation. You can hear them crying from across the building. Donate just $1 a day to help save a life.

• Michael Jordan is one of the best basketball players in the world and he wears our new Nikes! If you buy these shoes, then you will be an all star athlete in no time!

Which of the following is an example of an emotional fallacy?

• Michael Jordan is one of the best basketball players in the world and he wears our new Nikes! If you buy these shoes, then you will be an all star athlete in no time!

• Everything is bigger in Texas, therefore, you will earn a bigger salary if you move here!

• There are many dogs in the animal shelter that are dying from starvation. You can hear them crying from across the building. Donate just $1 a day to help save a life.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is an example of an ethical fallacy?

• Michael Jordan is one of the best basketball players in the world and he wears our new Nikes! If you buy these shoes, then you will be an all star athlete in no time!

• There are many dogs in the animal shelter that are dying from starvation. You can hear them crying from across the building. Donate just $1 a day to help save a life.

• Everything is bigger in Texas, therefore, you will earn a bigger salary if you move here!

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

What is the definition of a rhetorical fallacy?

• Using only logic and facts to be convincing

• an argument that is not sound but may still be convincing (ad hominem, stereotyping)

• Using only emotions to be convincing

• a deceptive, misleading, false notion. This weakens an argument because it is easy to point out!

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which is an example of an ad hominem?

• He’s not a great athlete; he’s a fraud, a cheat and a liar. That’s why not everybody is ‘happy for Lance.

• If you do not buy this new pillow then you will never be able to sleep again!

• Women are much more nurturing than men and that is why most teachers are female.

• Chihuahuas are good inside dogs. Great Danes are dogs; therefore, Great Danes would be good inside dogs, too

Which of the following is an example of an exaggeration/hyperbole?

• Women are much more nurturing than men and that is why most teachers are female.

• He’s not a great athlete; he’s a fraud, a cheat and a liar. That’s why not everybody is ‘happy for Lance.

• If you do not buy this new pillow then you will never be able to sleep again!

• Chihuahuas are good inside dogs. Great Danes are dogs; therefore, Great Danes would be good inside dogs, too

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A