Irani Other English Stuff
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- types of persuasive arguments
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-argument by example
-argument by authority
-argument by cause/effect
-argument by analogy
-argument by deduction - hasty generalization
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-persuasive fallacy
-coming to conclusion based off little evidence - Post hoc ergo propter hoc
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-persuasive fallacy
-claiming that because one event occured before another a cause/effect relationship exists - Red Herring
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-persuasive fallacy
-bringing up a distracting/irrelevant issue in order to deflect attention from the issue at hand - Appeal to tradition
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-persuasive fallacy
-claiming that because it was done in the past, something is valid now - False Dilemma
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-persuasive fallacy
-claiming that 2 choices exist, when more do - Bandwagon
- stating that a person should do/think something because others do
- Ad hominem
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-persuasive fallacy
-attacking a person's character instead of the issue at hand - direct characterization
- in literature and drama, the method of character development in which the author simply tells what the character is like
- indirect characterization
- requires the reader to look for clues in the text