University of Phoenix Material Grade= 6/6=3 Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet The following are some common rhetorical strategies: Innuendo: a leading suggestion Stereotype: generalized statements relating to a group of people Loaded questions: questions based on unjustified assumptions Hyperbole: an extreme exaggeration Identify the rhetorical strategy in each of the following statements. 1. I did not say the meat was tough. I said I did not see the horse that is usually
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| Corporate Sustainability Management | Case Study Analysis: Nike‚ Inc. and Sweatshops | | | | | Ethics refer to what is defined as right or wrong in the morality of human beings and social issues are matters which could directly or indirectly affect a person or many members of a society. In this case study‚ Nike has been accused of subjecting employees in their subcontracted factories overseas to work in inhumane conditions for low wages. The CEO and cofounder of Nike lamented
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“Nike: The Sweatshop Debate” Nike was established in 1972 by a Oregon State University track star Phil Knight and for as long as I can remember Nike has had the slogan of “Just Do it”. Is that Nike’s mind frame when it comes to working too? Do they tell their employees to Just do it‚ and stop complaining is that how Nike got tangled up in the Sweatshop Debate. Nike is a huge organization known most for making popular‚ fashionable sports gear. Over time Nike managed to become one of the largest
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HIGH NOON FALLACIES High Noon‚ a western film mostly respected by conservative viewers‚ and endlessly ranked over by critics. This was an exciting movie considering it was a black and white film. The whole movie was about the loyalty of a town marshal named Kane and the betrayal of the town. After watching High Noon‚ there were a lot of fallacies that were depicted through out the movie such as begging the question‚ ad hominem‚ slippery slope‚ and Inconsistency. The characters in the movie do
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«12 angry men» In the movie «12 angry men»‚ one can explore a variety of fallacies and generalizations. Each juror except for one comes in with a verdict of «Guilty»‚ but by using critical thinking the reasons to support their claim are dismissed one by one. Except for Juror number three who is the last one to change his verdict. He disregards all critical reasoning and sticks to his initial claim using multiple fallacies to support it. He is clearly prejudiced towards the defendant no mater the
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Fallacy within the “App Store”: A Critique of “The Common App Fallacy” In “The Common App Fallacy” written by Damon Beres‚ he argues that students would have a better chance at getting into college by banning the College Application which‚ he says‚ does not help students conduct individualized searches for colleges but is rather a “cheap‚ money-making scheme”. The author informs the audience that due to the convenience the Common Application‚ lack of commitment to personal college applications has
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What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech? In the speech kane uses a variety of bias which include political bias in which he is doing against Jim W. Gettys. He also uses different types of fallacies which are scapegoating‚ and apple polishing‚and ad hominen ‚ and using straw man fallacies and he also two others ones false dilemma and slippery slope plus begging the question too . He also uses a few different types of rhetorical devices in his speech
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everyone seems to have an opinion that they declare to be true through persuasion or emotion. These opinions are logically weak and are said to be fallacies. There are many recurring fallacies in society today including‚ appeal to popularity‚ appeal to emotion and appeal to the person. In order to protect ourselves we need to be able to avoid using fallacies ourselves and recognize when others are using them towards us‚ so we can defend ourselves properly. We do this by learning to understand our own
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Fallacies are all around us. Every time we turn on a TV‚ or a radio‚ or pick up a newspaper‚ we see or hear fallacies. According to Dictionary.com‚ a fallacy is defined as a false notion‚ a statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference‚ incorrectness of reasoning or belief; erroneousness‚ or the quality of being deceptive (www.Dictionary.com). Fallacies are part of everyday and become a staple in certain aspects of life. Political campaigns and reporters would be lost without the
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In this era of internet purchasing‚ sweatshops have become a common way to produce goods in a quick and cheap manner. Sweatshops are great for suppliers because they don’t require them to pay their labor much‚ if anything at all. Manufactures who run sweatshops commonly use forced labor or child labor. Many of these people are stateless/migrant workers who aren’t protected by law. Sweatshops are a human rights violation that must be brought to an end‚ and it is up to the companies who outsource to
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