Rhetorical Terms Review

convince by appealing to logical reasoning

an argument directed against a person rather than a position. A person rejects a claim on the basis of derogatory facts

  When some respected celebrity (or alternatively someone generally hated) claims that an idea or product is good (or bad)

Sometimes people use literary devices to persuade, this is called...

convince based on the authority of the speaker or expert sources

similar grammatical structures expressing related ideas

Questions that are intended to have obvious answers, asked for effect, and to cause thought/reflection

Something (especially a clue) that is intended to be misleading

a statement that seems to be true until you apply the rules of logic. Then, you realize that it's not.

Occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it

the reuse of a key word or idea for emphasis

Only presenting information that is positive to an idea or proposal and leaving out information opposing it.

These three are the building blocks of a persuasive argument

taking another person's argument, distorts or exaggerates it in an extreme way, and then attacks the distortion

Info, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view