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    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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    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 a great

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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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    Visual Argument: Purpose and audience: In today’s society‚ images play a large role in defining who we are‚ in communicating ideas‚ and in shaping what we think. For instance‚ controversy surrounded the President using images of the World Trade Center tragedy for purported political gain. The advertisement for drinking more milk (“Got Milk?”) is a popular image‚ while MTV moved young people toward small visual sound bites. Think about what type of images “speak” to you. Think about what certain

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    3.3 QUIZ In the appeal to force‚ the arguer physically attacks the listener. F In the fallacy of accident‚ a general rule is applied to a specific case where it does not fit. T If an arguer attempts to discredit court room testimony or a promise by pointing out that the witness or the person making the promise is a liar‚ then the arguer commits an argumentum ad hominem (argument against the person) fallacy. T (calling someone a liar without evidence is abusive) In the argumentum ad hominem circumstantial

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    the audience. In other words‚ an ad is effective when it grabs the audience’s attention and that people are receptive to what they see and read on a commercial. As part of the effectiveness‚ ad creators found out that if they associate their products with high-profiled personalities‚ it will generate more attention from the public. This is why I would say that my chosen visual advertisement is effective because the choice of the people (especially celebrities)‚ texts‚ and the products that participate

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    • Government spending fallacy • Some government spending is essential • Public works providing employment concern • Effects of taxes • Risk and reward Commentary: Many economist believe in the fallacy that the government can keep on spending without taxing. This belief is set straight by the reality of “national insolvency or a runaway inflation.” Whatever the government spends must be paid out in the form of taxes and the sooner the better. But not all government spending is bad. There is still

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    1. Comment on the commercials below. Be sure to identify the specific logical fallacy in #3 . The given commercials serve up to the mark in understanding the fallacies in a huge manner. First ad has false authority’s presence as celebrities are put forth against us to nullify our cognition. On the other hand‚ in the second ad‚ as stated‚ ad hominem is detected as it attacks certain cable companies by means of pig’s illustration regarding its expensiveness. Here‚ it conceals suggested cable operator’s

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    race or distract from Vietnam‚ put Neil Armstrong under lights on a secret set somewhere in the desert. Despite theorists’ claims that man never landed on the moon‚ their supposed evidence contain black and white fallacy‚ circular reasoning‚ non sequitur fallacy‚ and straw man fallacies. Scientists have proven that these claims are invalid with explanations of the discrepancies that theorists have failed to acknowledge. Conspiracy theorists have pointed out that when the first moon landing was

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    Guilt By Association The first fallacy is an example of Guilt by Association (no Latin name). Guilt by Association is when a stereotype is used as evidence to support an argument. The character who committed this fallacy in Twelve Angry Men was the Stockbroker. The Stockbroker said‚ “He is from a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals.” The Stockbroker committed a fallacy when he brought up the fact that the accused man is from the slums because his argument was that this would give him a

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