Rhetorical Fallacies

When someone relates 2 things because they are in the same category

Attack a person's character rather than that person's reasoning

Represents only one side of the issue, thus distorting the issue

Mary is wrong about her argument that schools should have uniforms because she is ugly.

An overstatement or a representation of more than is true

Girls are better than boys because they have big brains, smell nice, and can paint their nails.

When someone classifies a person or group according to a common oversimplified belief

Create an unnecessary desire for things

All dentists have perfect and do not eat candy.

Someone (usually a celebrity) makes a statement in support of a claim

You have to have an iPhone in order to survive in this world.

If you don't eat salad, you will die from a heart attack!

Use of emotions to distract the audience from the facts