Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Business => Communications => Topic started by: gbarreiro on Dec 25, 2020
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Question 1
How do the persuasive goals differ in speeches about questions of fact, value, and policy? Provide a sample thesis statement for each type which demonstrates its persuasive goal.
Question 2
Identify and explain three fallacies of argument in logical appeals.
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Answer 1
Students' examples will vary:
- Questions of fact aim to persuade listeners that something is true or false.
* "The company has a proven history of discrimination."
- Questions of value aim to persuade listeners of the value of something, that something is good, moral, or just.
* "Bullfighting is inhumane."
- Questions of policy aim to persuade listeners that a certain policy is the one to adopt or not adopt.
* "Smoking in municipal parks should be banned."
Answer 2
The ideal answer should include:
- Appealing to authority as proof often takes the form of passing someone off as an authority when the person actually has little authority, expertise, or knowledge in the subject under discussion.
- Appealing to numbers as truth, known as the bandwagon fallacy, argues that truth is determined by an idea's popularity.
- Sliding down the slippery slope involves the assumption that one event (i.e., the one the person is arguing against) will lead to another event that everyone agrees would be undesirable.