Rhetorical Devices & Logical Fallacies

Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics

Repeating a sentence structure

Appeals to emotion

Using a speaker's credibility (i.e. celebrity/expert endorsement) to persuade others

The phrase, "Almost everyone that was asked said that McDonalds is better than Burger King, so it must be true," represents which fallacy?

Mistakes in reasoning are called_________.

A logical fallacy that tries to prove an argument...with its own argument.

Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning are usually examples of...

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer. It's just asked to make a point.