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Exercise 2: Emotional Appeals |
| Identify the fallacy that occurs in each passage. These will all be Emotional Appeals: Appeal to... Pity, Utility, Fear, Hope, Humor, Gravity, and Jingoism. |
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| 1. You can never tell when bad breath might strike. Be prepared with Flirts Breath Mints | ||
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| 2 You may already be a winner! Yes, you are a finalist in our drawing for A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS! And if you buy a subscription to one of our magazines, we will mark your entry for priority treatment. | ||
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| 3. I realize you are concerned about human rights violations in my country. But a leader who gave in to such tender-hearted sentiments would never be able to maintain control in our country. | ||
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| 4. We need to raise salaries for teachers. Our country can no longer afford the wasted lives and grinding despair that results from illiteracy. | ||
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| 5. My opponent's lighthearted approach to the problem of post-gustatory flatulence does a disservice to this important topic. | ||
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| 6. How many Scientific Creationists does it take to change a light bulb? They don't know how to change a light bulb: they still use oil lanterns! | ||
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| 7. It's Presidents' Day, and it's time for all patriotic Americans to come on down to Crazy Eddie's Used Cars. While we're saving the world for democracy, you can save big on a new used car from Crazy Eddie's, where Americans come to shop. | ||
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| 8. Can't you raise my grade to a B? This was a really hard semester for me. My dog got run over, my grandmother died, and the distributor went out on my car. Plus the landlord raised my rent and I had to get a job. | ||
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