Rhetorical Devices/Logical Fallacies

Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics

• logos

• ethos

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.2B

Appeals to emotion

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

The phrase, "Almost everyone that was asked said that McDonalds is better than Burger King, so it must be true," represents which fallacy?

• The Bandwagon Fallacy

• Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

A logical fallacy that tries to prove an argument...with its own argument.

• circular reasoning

• bandwagon appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9B

Mistakes in reasoning are called_________.

• logical fallacies

• logical lapses

• rhetorical devices

• reasoning issues

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning are usually examples of...

• Rhetorical Questions

• Simile

• Repetition

• Allusion

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.2.10F

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer. It's just asked to make a point.

• allusion

• repetition

• rhetorical question

• parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison to one situation to another situation ("I need my phone like fish needs WATER!")

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

Tags

TEKS.ELA.R.2E

TEKS.ELA.RI.2B

TEKS.MATH.6.2B

A short story that is used to make a point

• parallelism

• rhetorical question

• simile

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

A juxtaposition....

• contrasts things because they are opposites

• is extreme exaggeration

• is a question that doesn't need an answer

• is a made up word

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B