Name: Roechell Persuasive Speaking Assignment - 20 points total Explain wheather each statement below deals primarily with a question of fact‚ a question of value‚ or a question of policy. (10 piont) Question of fact - addresses a question about the truth or falsity of an assertion -Who will win the National Championship this year? - Does recycling paper really make a difference? - Did the suspect in question commit the crime? Question of policy - addresses a question about the
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Why should Euthanasia be legalized? Those in favour of euthanasia argue that a civilized society should allow people to die in dignity and without pain‚ and should allow others to help them do so if they cannot manage it on their own. They say that our bodies are our own‚ and we should be allowed to do what we want with them. So it’s wrong to make anyone live longer than they want. In fact making people go on living when they don’t want to violates their personal freedom and human rights. It’s
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does not mean their marriage should be illegal. The government cannot prevent people of the same sex from falling in love. Same sex marriage should be legalized universally in the United States. Gay marriage could potentially lead down a "slippery slope” ending with giving people in polygamous‚ incestuous‚ bestial‚ and other nontraditional relationships the right to marry (2). There is no such thing as traditional marriage. Given the prevalence of modern and ancient examples of family arrangements
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the definition the affirmative team presented. As the first speaker‚ I‚ Sheryl George will be discussing the employment and educational problems we would in face in Australia if youth wages were abolished‚ I will also be speaking about the slippery slope of changing laws that affect young people. Our second speaker‚ Jeane‚ will speak about the economic effects of abolishing youth wages and the dangerous circumstances young people may be put into in to by employees seeking to exploit them. Our
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audience doesn’t know because to them the person’s appearance is appealing. This is what we would call a false appeal to authority. Second‚ they commit the slippery slope fallacy. There is a sequence of events they show and explain; ask‚ believe‚ and receive. Their claim is that if you follow these steps you will get whatever you want. The slippery slope fallacy is when small actions lead to something extreme. Although these actions might have worked for one person‚ it doesn’t mean that they will for everyone
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Fallacies and Generalizations Posted by John Smith on March 30‚ 2011 Fallacies and generalizations of complex topics is common in today’s high-pace society. Even before the era of 24/7 news‚ it was often easier to persuade people to an action if the terms were simplified. Unfortunately‚ this simplification often mires debates‚ and those who have no cost to being wrong often burden others with the cost of making a wrong decision. As I have been reading Economic Facts and Fallacies (by Sowell)
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True-False Questions 1. T F Study of the methods of persuasion began with communication researchers early in the twentieth century. 2. T F What many teachers refer to as source credibility was called ethos by Aristotle. 3. T F Competence and character are the most important factors affecting a speaker’s credibility. 4. T F Education and status are the most important factors affecting a speaker’s credibility. 5. T F The more favorably listeners view a speaker’s competence and character
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incest and bestiality. Corvino’s arguments against libeling an activity as unnatural to gauge its moral value can be used to claim a slippery slope occurs. Thus creating a dilemma where the moral liberal must accept incest and bestiality if she accepts homosexuality as morally neutral. This is not really an argument but rather a challenge to show how this slippery slope does not occur. This is done first by providing some positive arguments for homosexuality. Incest and bestiality do not have these
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Stating that teens text and drive‚ that doesn’t mean that all teenagers are going to drink while driving and texting. 5. If we don’t all drive hybrid cars‚ the world will end in the next decade because of environmental damage. a. Slippery Slope; this is the “slippery slope” fallacy because the arguer is stating that if we don’t do one thing‚ then the next thing is bound to happen. Not driving hybrid cars does ruin the environment yes‚ but that does not mean that if we don’t all do it the world is going
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“The Latest from the Feminist “Front” by Rush Limbaugh argument is that how male’s pursuit females. The title “Feminist Front is the first evidence that the writer use to characterize feminist create a facade. The writer claims his views on the feminist movement is rough‚ insensitive‚ cruel‚ and provocative. The writer is rough on feminist with is why there is common ground. The excerpt has several logical fallacies which is some type of counter statement that weakens an argument (Writer’s np)
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