Persuasion

Question 1

Faulty Logic

Answer 1

Seems realistic but isn’t

Question 2

Evidence

Answer 2

Proof

Question 3

Logic

Answer 3

The science of reasoning

Question 4

Reasoning

Answer 4

The process of thinking

Question 5

Inductive reasoning

Answer 5

Starting at something specific then going to a generalization

Question 6

Inductive reasoning example

Answer 6

Pet rock is wet, must be raining

Question 7

Deductive reasoning

Answer 7

Start at a generalization and end with a specification

Question 8

Deductive reasoning example

Answer 8

It’s raining outside, my pet rock must be wet

Question 9

Hasty generalization

Answer 9

Coming to a conclusion with too small of a sample

Question 10

Hasty generalization example

Answer 10

Flipping through TV channels and only seeing ads

“There’s nothing to watch!”

Question 11

False premise

Answer 11

An error from deductive reasoning

Question 12

False premise example

Answer 12

All teens are irresponsible so you must be irresponsible

Question 13

Circumstantial evidence

Answer 13

Drawing a conclusion from something you cannot connect

Question 14

Circumstantial evidence example

Answer 14

You get candy and put it in your room. Go to find it later and it’s gone. You see sibling with chocolate on their face, they must have eaten it

Question 15

Mistaken causality

Answer 15

Believing one thing causes another

Question 16

Mistaken causality example

Answer 16

You don’t wear a coat, you will catch a cold

Question 17

Red haring

Answer 17

Uses a distraction to avoid the truth

Question 18

Red haring example

Answer 18

When a vote is unpopular and they use a distraction

Question 19

False analogy

Answer 19

Compares two things that are NOT the same

Question 20

False analogy example

Answer 20

You are my sunshine

Question 21

Slippery slope

Answer 21

If one thing occurs, it will lead to something dramatic

Question 22

Slippery slope example

Answer 22

If you stay out later, you will be kidnapped and end up in a ditch

Question 23

Either - or

Answer 23

One side or the other

Question 24

Either - Or example

Answer 24

You can be friends with her OR me

Question 25

Ad populum

Answer 25

If everyone else is doing it, it must be right

Question 26

Ad populum example

Answer 26

Everyone is wearing Gucci, I should wear it too

Question 27

Ad verecunduim

Answer 27

When someone in authority tells you to do something, it must be right/ true

Question 28

Ad verecundium example

Answer 28

Nazi soldiers who were following orders

Question 29

Ad hominem

Answer 29

Attacks are made on the credibility of the speaker to avoid the position

Question 30

Ad hominem example

Answer 30

Pictures of an Olympian smoking pot released destroyed image and credibility

Question 31

Straw man

Answer 31

Untrue topics to deflect from something else

Question 32

Straw man example

Answer 32

Don’t eat watermelon seeds, they will make you grow a watermelon in your belly

Question 33

Supportive audience

Answer 33

Love you, can’t change anyone’s mind

Question 34

Uncommitted audience

Answer 34

They wait for you to sway their opinion

Question 35

Indifferent

Answer 35

They just don’t care

Question 36

Opposed

Answer 36

They are throwing things at you because they hate you

Question 37

Ethos

Answer 37

Evidence based on ethics

Question 38

Pathos

Answer 38

Evidence based on emotions

Question 39

Logos

Answer 39

Undeniable evidence

Question 40

Syllogism

Answer 40

1. Premise 2. Premise 3. Conclusion

Question 41

Syllogism example

Answer 41

The sky is blue Blueberries are blue The sky must be a blueberry