Understanding Persuasion and Fallacies

A doctor presents statistical data to convince patients to get a flu vaccine.

A famous athlete endorses a sports drink, emphasizing their credibility.

A charity commercial shows images of hungry children to evoke empathy.

You can't trust his opinion on climate change; he's not even a scientist.

• Attacking the person and not directly focusing on the argument

• Providing evidence to support the argument

• Agreeing with the argument

• Ignoring the argument completely

So you’re saying we should let everyone into the country with no rules? That’s absurd!

• Attacking the subject to try to weaken the argument, an overexaggeration.

• Supporting the argument with facts

• Agreeing with the argument

• Ignoring the argument completely

No one has proven that aliens don’t exist, so they must be real.

• Being ignorant about an issue and limiting your mind if something hasn’t been proven true or vice versa.

• Providing evidence to support the argument

• Agreeing with the argument

• Ignoring the argument completely

Either you’re with us, or you’re against us.

• Limiting someone to two options, when there's more options available.

• Providing evidence to support the argument

• Agreeing with the argument

• Ignoring the argument completely

If we allow this, it’s only a matter of time before everything collapses.

• Using one event to describe negative events will occur

• Providing evidence to support the argument

• Agreeing with the argument

• Ignoring the argument completely

He’s a good leader because he leads well.

• No credible or solid evidence to back on what one is saying.

• Providing evidence to support the argument

• Agreeing with the argument

• Ignoring the argument completely

I met two rude people from New York, so everyone there must be rude.

• Generalizing a subject or topic due to one event

• Providing evidence to support the argument

• Agreeing with the argument

• Ignoring the argument completely