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rhetorical argument
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English
11th Grade
03/05/2006

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refutation
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rebuttle
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pathos
Definition
appeal to emotion
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logos
Definition
appeal to logic or reason
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ethos
Definition
appeal to character of person
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deductive reasoning
Definition
syllogistic reasoning(broad -> conclusion)
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inductive reasoning
Definition
look at specifics to form a broader generalization
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ipse dixit
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appeal to authority
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post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Definition
wrong cause and effect
1.A rooster always crows prior to sunrise
2.Therefore: the rooster's crowing causes the sun to rise.
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begging the question
Definition
assuming they buy the argument
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ad hominem
Definition
attacking the person
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circular reasoning
Definition
"I don't quit,because I am not a quitter."
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equivocation
Definition
using a word in two different ways
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slippery slope
Definition
sort of domino effect
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ad misercordium
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appeal to pity/misery
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either/or fallacy
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black and white(either with us or against us)
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ad ignorantium
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appeal to ignorance
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ad baculum
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appeal to force
"I support the war: if I did not, I would be ostracized from the community"
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bandwagon
Definition
do something because others are doing it
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