the audience is disguised as a You have the perfect bone reason for accepting a claim. structure for it. Flattery: The writer suggests You are a calm and that readers with certain positive collected person, so you traits would naturally agree with can probably understand the writer’s point. what I am saying. Group think (or group The varsity football appeal): The reader is players all bought some of encouraged to decide about an our fundraising candy. Do issue based on identification you want to buy some? with a popular, high-status group. Riding the bandwagon: The The hot thing today is to writer suggests that since wear black socks with “everyone” is doing something, tennis shoes. You’ll look the reader should do it too. really out of it if you wear those white socks. Scare tactics (or veiled If the garbage collection threats): The writer uses rates are not increased, frightening ideas to scare readers your garbage will likely into agreeing or believing start piling up. something. Stereotyping: The writer uses Women won’t like this movie because it has too much action a sweeping, general statement and violence. about a group of people in order OR to prove a point. Men won’t like this movie because it’s about feelings and relationships. Ethical Fallacies Examples Argument from I was absolutely beside myself to outrage: Extreme think that anyone could be stupid outrage that springs enough to believe that the Ellis from an overbearing Corporation would live up to its reliance on the commitments. The totally unethical writer’s own management there failed to require subjective the metal grade they agreed to. This perspective is used to horrendous mess we now have is shock readers into completely their fault, and they must agreeing instead of be held accountable.
the audience is disguised as a reason for accepting a claim. You have the perfect bone structure for it. Flattery: The writer suggests that readers with certain positive traits would naturally agree with the writer’s point. You are a calm and collected person, so you can probably understand what I am saying. Group think (or group appeal): The reader is encouraged to decide about an issue based on identification with a popular, high-status group. The varsity football players all bought some of our fundraising candy. Do you want to buy some? Riding the bandwagon: The writer suggests that since “everyone” is doing something, the reader should do it too. The hot thing today is to wear black socks with tennis shoes. You’ll look really out of it if you wear those white socks. Scare tactics (or veiled threats): The writer uses frightening ideas to scare readers into agreeing or believing something. If the garbage collection rates are not increased, your garbage will likely start piling up. Stereotyping: The writer uses a sweeping, general statement about a group of people in order to prove a point. Women won’t like this movie because it has too much action and violence. OR Men won’t like this movie because it’s about feelings and relationships. Ethical Fallacies Examples Argument from outrage: Extreme outrage that springs from an overbearing reliance on the writer’s own subjective perspective is used to shock readers into agreeing instead of I was absolutely beside myself to think that anyone could be stupid enough to believe that the Ellis Corporation would live up to its commitments. The totally unethical management there failed to require the metal grade they agreed to. This horrendous mess we now have is completely their fault, and they must be held accountable.
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