1. Logical Fallacies
Logic, Facts or Appeal
What is a faulty logic, unsupported facts and
emotional appeal?
1. Logic is the use and study of valid reasoning while a
faulty logic describes poor reasoning, such as the use
of fallacious arguments like personal attacks,
irrelevancies, analogies. Writers and speakers should
avoid logical fallacies because they are errors in
reasoning, they often lead to false conclusions.
Example, “I loved that movie we saw last night with Brad Pitt. I
am going to rent all of his movies, and I am sure I’ll like all of
them.” (It is an imperfect judgment (or faulty logic!) to
2. 2. Facts are those things that have occurred. However,
unsupported
facts are those facts claimed by an individual or a
group of
individuals that have occurred but were unable to
provide
enough evidence to support their claim.
Example, “People who live in the North of Britain are
friendlier than those who live in the South.”
There is no proof that the people in North Britain are
friendlier.
3. 3. Emotional Appeal
- is a method of persuasion that's designed to
create an
emotional response.
- persuade audiences by arousing the emotions.
They refer to the
speaker or writer’s goal of arousing the emotions
of an
audience to move them to act.
Example: A college student asks his professor to
accept a late
paper: "I've worked all weekend on this report. I
know that it is
