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Techniques of Propaganda

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The Nocebo Effect

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Review Part 2

Review Part 2. Language and reasoning. L&R on the Final.

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Fallacies

Fallacies. Remember that a fallacy is just an invalid argument. An invalid argument is one where even if the premises are true, the conclusion can still be false. So there are lots of fallacies. However, there are certain tricky patterns that often fool people. These patterns come to have names.

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Critical Thinking: Chapter 7

Critical Thinking: Chapter 7. More Fallacies. The Ad Hominem Fallacy. The ad hominem fallacy rests on a confusion between the qualities of the person making a claim and the qualities of the claim itself. It is a rhetorical device that attacks the arguer instead of the argument.

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English III

English III. Terms for Persuasion Unit. Monday (2 January 2012). Welcome back! Please get out a couple of pieces of paper for notes and copy down the following: Rhetorical Devices : a technique that an author or speaker uses to influence or persuade an audience.

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Writing the Argumentative Essay

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Doctor : You should quit smoking.

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Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies. Errors in judgment and faulty reasoning. Oversimplification. Drastically simple solution to what is clearly a complex problem: We have a balance-of-trade deficit because foreigners make better products than we do. Press here for results. What results???.

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Flaws in Arguments (1)

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AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION

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Straw Man Fallacy

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Time for a quiz!!!

Time for a quiz!!!. Matching Definitions. Either-Or Fallacy Slippery Slope Bandwagon Fallacy Scare tactics. Argument leading to overly exaggerated consequences. Used to scare readers into following an argument. Gives two choices, one usually better than the other.

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DA STRAW MAN

DA STRAW MAN. The straw man fallacy occurs when person B takes an argument from person A and refutes a related but more susceptible argument in the place of the original argument. David Shircliff, Wesley Holloway, Gavin West. Universal Example.

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DA STRAW MAN

DA STRAW MAN. The straw man fallacy occurs when person B takes an argument from person A and refutes a related but more susceptible argument in the place of the original argument. David Shircliff, Wesley Holloway, Gavin West. Universal Example.

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DA STRAW MAN

DA STRAW MAN. The straw man fallacy occurs when person B takes an argument from person A and refutes a related but more susceptible argument in the place of the original argument. David Shircliff, Wesley Holloway, Gavin West. Universal Example.

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DA STRAW MAN

DA STRAW MAN. The straw man fallacy occurs when person B takes an argument from person A and refutes a related but more susceptible argument in the place of the original argument. David Shircliff, Wesley Holloway, Gavin West. Universal Example.

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Straw man Fallacy

Straw man Fallacy. The straw man fallacy is to purposely misinterpret someone's argument by taking their strong argument and setting up a straw man to combat the strong argument that is not what they are talking about at all. Contemporary Example.

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