Rhetorical Devices and Logical Fallacies

Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

Using a speaker's credibility (i.e. celebrity/expert endorsement) to persuade others

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Appeals to emotion

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

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

• Circular reasoning

• Bandwagon

Mistakes in reasoning are called__________________.

• logical lapses

• reasoning issues

• logical fallacies

• rhetorical devices

A logical fallacy that tries to prove an argument by restating the claim as a reason

• Bandwagon

• circular reasoning

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

• simile

• repetition

• rhetorical questions

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

• Anecdote

• Repetition

• Rhetorical Question

• Analogy

Rhetoric is...

• The art of persuasive writing and speaking.

• The art developed by Plato.

• The art of only counterclaiming.

• The art of defending the audience.

Juxtaposition is

• Many or most people believe it.

• Stating the argument at first assuming it's true.

• Two things that are placed close but have contrasting effects.

• Comparing using an analogy, metaphor or simile,