Rhetorical Fallacies and Devices Assessment

Rhetorical Fallacies and Devices Assessment

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English

11th Grade

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a Red Herring?

Back

A Red Herring is a rhetorical fallacy that introduces an irrelevant topic to divert attention from the original issue.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is Bandwagon?

Back

Bandwagon is a rhetorical device that suggests one should do something because everyone else is doing it.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a Slippery Slope?

Back

A Slippery Slope is a fallacy that argues that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a Hasty Generalization?

Back

A Hasty Generalization is a fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a Metaphor?

Back

A Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an Ad Hominem?

Back

An Ad Hominem is a fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is False Dilemma?

Back

A False Dilemma is a fallacy that presents two options as the only possibilities, when in fact more options exist.

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