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.
