Week 3: Appeals

1. INVENTING ARGUMENTS:
CHAPTER 3
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2. APPEALS The Art of Argumentation

3. WHAT IS AN APPEAL?
A major form of support that
calls on the reader’s sense of
logic, character, emotion, need,
or value
Intellectual
commitment
of arguer
Intellectual
commitment
of audience
Arguer’s
knowledge
of audience
Strength
of
Appeal

4. APPEALS TO LOGIC:
Building the Case through Reason
Direct
Appeals =
Explicit
Indirect
Appeals =
Implicit, subtle
Deductive,
Inductive and
Analogical
Reasoning

5. WHEN LOGIC GOES WRONG:
The Logical Fallacy Dilemna
(P.S. Spellcheck says this spelling is wrong,
BUT IT IS NOT)

6. HAROLD ICKES – HOMEWORK
REVIEWIn your group, answer the following
questions:
1. Who is Harold Ickes?
2. What is the main claim here?
3. Identify the logical fallacies in this
argument.
4. Do the logical fallacies “work”?

7. MODIFIED LOCKDOWN DRILL
Building main doors are locked –
classroom doors remain open
Move out of sight of windows or doors
Crouch down in areas out of sight
Do not huddle in one place with multiple
people
Consider
What would you do?
How would you cover windows or lock
doors?
What would you need to turn off?

8. IMMIGRANT DISEASE:
Building the Case through Satire
The Daily Show
•John Stewart
•Satire
•For a specific
purpose
Political
Pundits
•Pat Roberston
•Newt Gingrich
•Glenn Beck
Authority
•John
Hodgeman
•News

9. ACTIVITY: IMMIGRANT DISEASE
In your group, do the following
1. Identify as many fallacies as you can find from the “Immigrant
Disease” video.
2. What are the main claims of
 John Hodgeman?
 The Pundits?
 John Stewart?
3. How do logical fallacies work differently in this clip compared to
Harold Ickes speech?