Persuasive Speech Rhetorical Logical Fallacy

Persuasive Speech Rhetorical Logical Fallacy

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Script: max 600 words

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Learning outcomes                      

1. Evaluate the suitability of rhetorical choices in view of their expected impact
2. Write and deliver a logically persuasive and engaging oral presentation

You will be randomly assigned one figure of speech and one rhetorical/logical fallacy chosen from the list below. Write a presentation for each of them. Your target readers are undergraduate university students of Media Literacy. Those students want to understand what makes a figure of speech effective and what makes a rhetorical/ logical fallacy deceptive in a given text. Please read with attention the following guidelines:

For the presentation of the figure of speech:

Provide a definition of the figure of speech that you have been assigned, citing the Oxford English Dictionary or another academic source (the definition must be a paraphrase of the direct entry).

Find a specific instance of the use of the figure of speech in a media text.

Drawing on one or two academic references, explain:

• what makes the figure of speech effective;
• in which media context this is occurring; and
• what result/s are likely achieved by its effective use.

For the presentation of the rhetorical/logical fallacy:

Provide a definition of the rhetorical fallacy that you have been assigned, citing one/two academic texts (the definition must be a paraphrase of a direct entry). Find a specific instance of the use of the figure of speech/logical fallacy in a media text.

Drawing on one or two academic references, explain:

• what makes the rhetorical/logical fallacy deceptive;
• in which media contexts this is occurring; and
• what effect/s the use of the fallacy might have.

You will be randomly assigned ONE of the following figures of speech:

1. Alliteration
2. Antithesis
3. Aposiopesis
4. Apostrophe
5. Chiasmus
6. Climax
7. Conduplicatio
8. Dubitatio
9. Ecphonesis
10. Epistrophe
11. Euphemism
12. Hyperbole
13. Isocolon
14. Metanoia
15. Metaphor
16. Onomatopoeia
17. Parallelism
18. Paromologia
19. Personification
20. Rhetorical Question
21. Simile
22. Synecdoche
23. Tautology
24. Topos
25. Tricolon

You will be randomly assigned ONE of the following rhetorical and logical fallacies:

1. Ad Hominem
2. Amphiboly
3. Appeal to anonymous authority
4. Appeal to consequences
5. Appeal to fear
6. Appeal to flattery
7. Appeal to novelty
8. Appeal to pity
9. Appeal to popularity
10. Appeal to ridicule
11. Appeal to spite
12. Appeal to tradition
13. Appeal to wishful thinking
14. Argumentum ad baculum
15. Argument by anecdote
16. Design Fallacy
17. Dogmatism
18. Equivocation
19. Hasty generalization
20. Jumping to conclusions
21. Slippery slope