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| Question | Answer |
| Logical fallacies | flaw in the logic o fan argument. Fallacies are persuasive and dangerous bc they resemble valid reasoning and people often accept them as legitimate |
| Hasty generalization | A fallacy that makes claims from insufficient evidence or unrepresentative examples. Ex: "I was driving around in Dallas yesterday, and got flipped off twice by other drivers! People in that town are just rude!" |
| straw man | A fallacy that misrepresents an opponents position, in order to make it appear less desirable than ones own position Ex: " Cutting our nuclear submarine budget, as proposed by my opponent, would leave this country virtually defenseless!" |
| False analogy | A fallacy that occurs when an argument by analogy compares entities that have critical differences. Ex: "Texas Tech's basketball team gets free shoes. The debate team doesn't get free shoes! That's hardly fair!" |
| Slippery slope | A fallacy of causation that says that one action inevitable sets a chain of events in motion. Ex: "If you drop out of school, you won't get a job, end up homeless, probably addicted to crack, or you'll die under a bridge somewhere!" |
| Red herring | A fallacy that introduces irrelevant issues to deflect attention from the subject under discussion. Ex: "How can you blame me of embezzling all that money? I never even got a dedicated spot in the parking garage! I've had to walk 50 yards to the elevator all these years!" |
| False dilemma | The "either/or" fallacy A fallacy that confronts listeners with 2 choices when in reality, more exist. Ex: "We can attack ISIS, and kill all their members, or lose any respect we still have in the international community." |
| Translate Post hoc ergo propter hoc | After this, therefore because of this |
| What is Post hoc ergo propter hoc | A chronological fallacy that claims that a prior event cause a subsequent event Confuses correlation with causation Ex: "Most people who are read the last rites die shortly afterwards. Therefore: Priests are going around killing people with magic words!" or Pre Match Ritual |
| translate Ad hominem (ad personam) | Against the man (person) |
| define Ad hominem (ad personam) | A fallacy that urges listeners to reject an idea because of the allegedly poor character of the person voicing it. In short, name calling Also, pointing out character flaws - real or alleged - that are irrelevant to the argument Ex: "What do you know about it? You've only lived here for a couple of years?" |
| Appeal to tradition | A fallacy that opposes change by arguing that old ways are always superior to new ways. Ex: "They can't get rid of that Fraternity! It's been around since the beginning!" |
| False authority | A fallacy that uses testimony from sources from who have no real expertise on the topic in question. Ex: "I like Obama because he really embodies everything John Lennon sang about: Peace, love, and respect for humankind" |
| Bandwagon | A fallacy that determines truth, goodness, or wisdom popular opinion. Ex: "Canada, England, France, and the Netherlands all have specialized medicine. There's no reason why the U.S. shouldn't have it too." |
| Things a speaker should do | 1. Tell them what you're going to tell them 2. Tell them 3. Retell them what you told them |
| Categories of supporting material (4) | 1. Data - Facts and Statistics 2. Opinion - expert and eyewitness testimony. 3. Narrative - Story with characters and plot 4. Experience - Own testimony |
| modes of persuasion (3) | 1. Ethos - Credibility 2. Pathos - Emotion 3. Logos - Logic or reason |
| Cannons of rhetoric (5) | 1. Memory - Memorizing 2. Style - Choice of words and sentence structure 3. Arrangement - Ordering of points 4. Invention - Process of selecting info 5. Delivery - vocal and non-vocal behavior |
| Monroe's sequence (5) | 1. Attention! 2. Need? 3. Satisfaction - Introduce solution 4. Visualization - Picture how much better you'll be 5. Action - Specific things now to solve problem |
| Motivated sequence (4) | 1. Describe situation (What's the problem who does it affect why's it important) 2. evaluate problem (what causes it) 3. propose solution (How to solve it) 4. Argue that situation |
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