C1 · Advanced
Rhetorical Reasoning & Fallacies
Identify appeals, assumptions and weaknesses in an argument, then explain their effect without treating a label as a complete rebuttal.
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- Words & phrases
- 39
- Lessons
- 4
- Conversations
- 2
- Readings
- 1
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- mode of appeal, rhetorical appeal
- ethos (appeal to credibility)
- pathos (appeal to emotion)
- logos (appeal to reason)
- form of argumentation, mode of argument
- grounds, supporting evidence
- warrant, legal basis
- unsubstantiated claim, postulate
- refutation, rebuttal
- to refute, to rebut
- burden of proof
- logical fallacy
- straw man (argument)
- circular reasoning
- line of reasoning, argument
- syllogism
- analogy
- allusion
- counterexample
- presentation of evidence, making one's case
- chain of argument
- platitude, empty phrase
- sophistry, specious reasoning
- demagoguery
- oratory, the art of speaking
- eloquence
- rhetorical device, rhetorical move
- guiding question
- deduction (general to specific)
- induction (specific to general)
- an ad hominem attack
- a sweeping statement
- a non sequitur
- a false equivalence
- an appeal to authority
- weasel words
- to cast doubt on the premise
- never before has
- to cherry-pick
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- Lesson 1
Rhetorical Appeals and Fallacies
- Lesson 2
Fronting for Emphasis
- Lesson 3
Appeals and the Burden of Proof
- Lesson 4
Taking Apart a Weak Argument
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