Rhetorical Devices and Logical Fallacies

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

An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader.

• logos

• pathos 

• ethos

• persuasion

Defects that weaken arguments; by knowing them, you can evaluate arguments you make, read, and hear. 

• claims 

• appeals 

• statements

• fallacies 

a brief indirect reference ( to a person, event, object, time period, literary work)

• allusion

• reason

• persuasive reasoning

• purpose

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

I am so hungry, I could eat for days.

• Hyperbole

• Not a hyperbole

Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics

• pathos

• logos

• ethos