Text Correct answers a communication artifact that we can study
logos Correct answers an appeal based on logic or reason
pathos Correct answers Appeal to emotion
ethos Correct answers Appeals to an audience's se
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Text Correct answers a communication artifact that we can study
logos Correct answers an appeal based on logic or reason
pathos Correct answers Appeal to emotion
ethos Correct answers Appeals to an audience's sense of morality/trust; Achieved by projecting an image of credibility which supports the speaker's position
soundness Correct answers truth, validity
assumptions Correct answers unexamined beliefs
red herring, straw person, pooh poohing, post hoc, selected instances Correct answers fallacies (5):
knack Correct answers a skill you have that doesn't entirely matter
Polus, gorgias, Socrates Correct answers Whose voices are heard in Gorgias (3)?
decide what you have to say, consider your audience, establish common ground, acknowledge disagreements, provide good reasons for position, Correct answers Principles of argument building (5):
post hoc, ergo propter hoc Correct answers believing that one thing caused another thing that probably had nothing to do with the result
(ex. winning something while wearing a lucky charm)
red herring Correct answers bringing up something irrelevant to distract from the argument
(ex. Person a: Senator, why did you vote against the recent immigration bill?
person b: I am not going to stand here and have my patriotism questioned.)
pooh poohing Correct answers the fallacy of dismissing, simply brushing aside, someone else's point of view. (ex. That's not even worth a response)
straw person Correct answers fighting a position that's not really there (ex. "some people may think," or, "a lot of people say that...)
selected instances Correct answers a fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses examples that are not very likely to happen to prove a point
critical claim Correct answers a contestable statement about a text
argument Correct answers
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