ENC 1101 FINAL EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025
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ENC 1101 FINAL EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025
ethos - ANSWERScredibility of the writer
ex: advertisements where doctors recommend a product
pathos - ANSWERSemotional appeal
ex: commercials about kids that are staving
logos - ANSWERSan appeal based on logic or reason
ex: the...
ENC 1101 FINAL EXAM STUDY
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025
ethos - ANSWERScredibility of the writer
ex: advertisements where doctors recommend a product
pathos - ANSWERSemotional appeal
ex: commercials about kids that are staving
logos - ANSWERSan appeal based on logic or reason
ex: the use of statistics, surveys, facts, historical data all appeal to logic
It Does Not Follow (Non Sequitur) - ANSWERSa line of reasoning jumps from one idea to the next
without any connection
ex: i had a crazy science teacher in elementary school. science creates maniacs
either/or fallacy - ANSWERSA person provides only two possible options or sides, without considering all
other possible choices.
ex: either we bomb North Korea, or we face nuclear Armageddon
Slippery Slope - ANSWERSan idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong,
or disastrous.
ex: if you borrow the car, you might crash into someone, that person might sue us, and we will lose the
house!
False Cause and Effect (Post Hoc) - ANSWERSclaiming that because one event occurred before a second,
it caused the second
ex: if we do not restrict pesticide use, the bee will disappear forever
, begging the question - ANSWERSA fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in
doubt. PRESUMABLY ANSWERED
ex: a civil society would not permit the death penalty
circular reasoning - ANSWERSa fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence
ex: enlisting in the military is patriotic and the right thing to do for our country. why is it the right thing to
do for our country? because it's patriotic, why is it patriotic? because it's the right thing to do for our
country.
red herring - ANSWERSA fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject
under discussion
ex: you are late. you should have called to let me know, but you never think of my needs. but what about
last week when you promised to put the laundry away but didn't for two entire days? you don't think of
my needs!
Appeal to Authority - ANSWERSsomething is a fact because someone in a position of authority said it.
ex: profesor dante trebon is the worlds leading expert on medieval history; clearly, we can adopt his
thoughts on fidelity.
ad hominem - ANSWERSIn an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's
ideas.
ex: people who think a border wall will solve our immigration problems are stupid
You Too Fallacy (Tu Quoque) - ANSWERSthe speakers opinion is valid because the speaker is guilty of the
same behavior
ex: the CEO shouldn't drug test employees because she parties on the weekend
appeal to tradition fallacy - ANSWERSargues that something has value because it is traditional (it's the
way things have always been done so it shouldn't be changed)
ex: there is no reason to get rid of the electoral college. it's been working in the U.S. since 1804
bandwagon appeal - ANSWERSA claim that a listener should accept an argument because of how many
other people have already accepted it.
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