Rhetorical Devices and Logical Fallacies Note: This document should only be used as a reference and should not replace assignment guidelines. Common Rhetorical Devices Paradox A statement that initially seems contradictory but actually reveals a truth when viewed in a new context. A paradox can effectively grab a reader’s attention‚ such as in a hook in an opening line. EXAMPLE: Less is more. Point of View The perspective from which a story is told‚ which can color the delivery of the author’s
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uses drama to portray the real events of witchcraft. He attempts to show how easily very religios people can be fooled by one another. Logical fallacies are a rhetorical device in which he uses in order to have the effect of showing how believable the characters can be. A fallacy that is used throughout the Crucible would be Either or Choice. A fallacy where one is made to think they have just one choice. An example of Either or Choice would be in Act 1 where Reverend Parris tells Tituba “You will
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Peter‚ Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time‚ p.425.) A fallacy is an (as cited in “List of fallacies” from Wikipedia‚ pg. 1) “incorrect argument in logic and rhetoric resulting in a lack of validity‚ or more generally‚ a lack of soundness.” Knowing what defines a fallacy and how to dispute one can provide clarity on valid arguments. There are formal and informal fallacies that commonly used in arguments that are not sound. There are fallacies can be very difficult to detect because the reader has
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Love Is a Fallacy - Written by Max Shulman Cool was I and logical...My brain was as powerful as a dynamo‚ as precise as a chemist’s scales‚ as penetrating as a scalpel. And-think of it!-I was only eighteen. It is not often that one young has such a giant intellect. Take‚ for example‚ Petey Burch‚ my roommate at the University of Minnesota. Same age‚ same background‚ but dump as an ox. A nice enough fellow‚ you understand‚ but nothing upstairs... One afternoon I found Peter lying on his bed with
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Logical implication Background belief -hidden aspect(s) of our knowledge Know the difference between sufficient and necessary conditions -necessary conditions are a set of conditions or requirements that must be met in order for something to belong to a particular kind -sufficient conditions guarantees all necessary conditions have been met law of non-contradiction -Fundamental law of logic -Declares contradictory statements are necessarily false‚ literally irrational or illogical
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Fallacies are all around us. Daily‚ when we watch TV‚ listen to the radio‚ or even read newspaper‚ we see or hear fallacies. But what is fallacy? According to Wikipedia “A fallacy is an argument that uses poor reasoning. An argument can be fallacious whether or not its conclusion is true”. Fallacies are part of everyday and become a basic in certain aspects of life. According to the writing center of UNC‚ there are a lot of fallacies. Here is some of fallacies look likes: Hasty generalization
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PCR0025 CRITICAL THINKING 26 SEPTEMBER 2012 SECTION A: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS [80 MARKS] 1. Susan is about to make a business deal with a Japanese organization‚ and she thinks that the business deal will be successful because all Japanese are hardworking. Which critical thinking hindrance does this issue exhibit? A. Stereotype B. Egocentrism C. Herd instinct D. Wishful thinking 2. In a 1989 international study of 13-year-olds‚ Koreans finished first in Mathematics and Americans finished
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Planned Paradise and a Truck As we live our lives we interact with thousands and thousands of different ads. Whether these are done through the television‚ radio‚ magazines‚ or billboards; they catch our eyes and stay in the back of our minds. With commercials‚ they strive to be very noticeable and out there. During the super bowl‚ the commercials strive to get their stuff out there during the many commercial breaks in the game. A lot of these commercials are funny‚ colorful and memorable. One
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Reflection Paper By Nina Bianca Cadena As the summer class started last April 21st‚ I thought that the class will be so boring because of the 3 hour class per subject. And the fact that it is just a short term class‚ like it was just a month; I couldn’t imagine how they will make it more advance for us to finish the designated topics and deadlines. And as expected for this another kind of English subject‚ which is the English 101 I prepared myself already for possible long essays and paper
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reference nor the acknowledgement that the statements were his opinions resulting in logical fallacies. For example‚ when he wrote “ To put it in today’s terms‚ owning an iPod doesn’t make you happier‚ because you then want an iPod Touch.” Leonhardt here was try to simplify what the Easterlin paradox is‚ yet he ended up making a logical fallacy which is the oversimplification fallacy. He attempted another fallacy when he wrote “The residents of these countries seem to understand that they have it pretty
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