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PROOF AND PERSUASION:
The Rhetoric of Scientific Integrity
FALL 2022
© 2022 by Cynthia Shearer
CYNTHIA SHEARER
419-H REED HALL
BOX 297700
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
PHONE EXT: 817.257.6593
ENGLISH 20803 - WRITING AS ARGUMENT
Section 50:MWF @ 1 p.m. in Bailey 102
Cynthia Shearer, Instructor
OFFICE HOURS: 2- 3 p.m. MW in Reed 419_H
CLASSICAL ARGUMENT STUDY GUIDE
Civil Discourse
Classical Argument, Greek Argument, Aristotelian argument
Exordium
Narratio
Partitio
Confirmatio
Refutatio
Peroratio
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Ad hominem
Appeal to Authority
Appeal to Belief
Appeal to Common Practice
Appeal to Emotion
Appeal to Fear
Appeal to Flattery
Appeal to Novelty
Appeal to Pity
Appeal to Popularity
Appeal to Ridicule
Appeal to Spite
Appeal to Tradition
Biased Sample
Burden of Proof
False Dilemma/ Dual Choice Fallacy
Red Herring
Genetic fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc fallacy
Slippery Slope
Katie Couric on Civil Discourse
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