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Knowing the Text(E2)
Logical fallacies/Rhetoric/Foot notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Logos | The appeal to logic (facts) |
| Pathos | is an appeal to emotion. (pokes at emotion)(ASPCA) |
| Ethos | is an argument based on the author's credibility or the character of someone involved; ethics and morality. 1.(character traits.) 2.(ethics morality.) 3.(sense of right and wrong.) |
| How many Fallacies are there | 10 |
| Negative Proof | It's True because you can not prove its not. |
| Slippery Slope | One instance will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends. |
| Red herring | An Irrelevant topic used to mislead readers,characters, or to induce them to make false conclusions. |
| Straw man | Is when a person ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. WORKER vs BOSS |
| Two Wrongs Make a Right | Because one bad action happens it’s ok for another to occur. |
| Begging the Question | a statement or claim is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself. |
| Cherry-picking | only pick certain examples that help your side of the argument and ignore the bigger picture or at least the rest of the evidence. |
| Bandwagon | Appeal to the most popular idea.Fear of rejection or missing out. |
| Argument from Ignorance | No proof it's true therefore its fals |
| Ad Hominem | directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining. |