Traffic accidents have increased in our town by 15 percent this year, which shows that there is a problem. [2] This number comes
from a recent study by city hall. [3] Several research firms have suggested new traffic patterns to avoid the rise in car accidents. [4] This would be useful because most people interact with cars. [5] We can also leave traffic patterns as they are. [6] If so, we must settle for more and more traffic accidents. [7] These are our only options. Read the editorial. Identify the rhetorical device and logical fallacy the author uses, and then explain the difference between them.
The writer uses a rhetorical device in the first sentence. The writer uses a statistic and then draws a conclusion from it. This is an appeal to logic. Later on, the writer uses a logical fallacy by saying the choice presented is the only way to help the town. This is a false dilemma. There could be other solutions available. This logical fallacy tries to trick the audience. The first sentence tries to persuade them.
Explanation:
-an explanation of a rhetorical device
-an explanation of a logical fallacy
-an explanation of the difference between the rhetorical device and the logical fallacy
False Dilemma is a fallacy based on an "either-or" type of argument. Two choices are presented, when more might exist, and the claim is made that one is false and one is true-or one is acceptable and the other is not. Often, there are other alternatives, or both choices might be false or true.
Amplfication is the rhetorcial device used.
by using repetition, a writer expands on an original statement and increases its intensity.
“A neighbours pitbill had escaped from the house... The dog viciously attacked Melissa, requiring her to have multiple major reconstruction surgeries the years following the incident.”
