Rhetoric and fallacies

What is rhetoric?

• A type of question

• Dinosaur breed from the Crustacean period

• Effective speech or writing

• Appealing to reason

These are the three Greek appeals.

• Ethical, Emotional, Logical

• Writing, Speaking, Showing

• Hubris, Hamartia, Hera

• Ethos, Pathos, Logos

This method of persuasion requires a credible authority to convince the audience.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Method of persuasion that appeals to emotions and feelings.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

"Wear Air Jordans at your next game, and see how high you fly!" - Michael Jordan

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Type of Appeal:

Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

According to the video, what is the appeal of Logos?

• Credibility

• Logical

• Emotion

• Happy

Who is the person credited for creating the three methods of persuasion?

• Dante

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

• appeal to nature

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• bandwagon fallacy