Rhetorical Devices/Logical Fallacies

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

• The Bandwagon Fallacy

• Circular Reasoning

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

• circular reasoning

• bandwagon appeal

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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

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• allusion

• repetition

• rhetorical question

• parallelism

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A rhetorical device that uses a short story to make a point

• analogy

• rhetorical question

• simile

• anecdote

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A juxtaposition...

• contrasts two people. places, things, or ideas

• is extreme exaggeration

• is a question that doesn't need an answer

• is a made up word

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Finish this analogy.

Conclusion is to an essay as...

• an orange is to a peel

• cold is to freezing

• dessert is to a meal

• a title is to a book

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"This is the best band because they make the best music!"

This statement is an example of which logical fallacy?

• Anecdote

• Loaded Language

• Bandwagon Approval

• Circular Reasoning

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

"Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"

This is what kind of logical fallacy?

• Loaded Language

• Sweeping Generalization

• Bandwagon Appeal

• Circular Reasoning