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Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones (meaning the same in Latin) is an informal fallacy characterized by the manipulation of the recipient's emotions in order to win an argument, especially in the absence of factual evidence. [1]
The "appeal to pity", as it is classified in Rhetorica ad Herennium, is a means to conclude by reiterating the major premise of the work and tying while incorporating an emotional sentiment. The author suggests ways in which to appeal to the pity of the audience: "We shall stir pity in our hearers by recalling vicissitudes of future; by ...
For this reason, they have an emotive dimension. In the modern psychological terminology, we can say that these terms carry "emotional valence", [9] as they presuppose and generate a value judgement that can lead to an emotion. [10] The appeal to emotion is in contrast to an appeal to logic and reason.
Kairos is an appeal to the timeliness or context in which a presentation is publicized, which includes contextual factors external to the presentation itself but still capable of affecting the audience's reception to its arguments or messaging, such as the time in which a presentation is taking place, the place in which an argument or message ...
Fallacies based on arguing for or against a proposition on emotional grounds. Pages in category "Appeals to emotion" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
For many viewers, the emotional impact of the speech stems from how much they related to Gloria's words. ... You have to be a boss, but you can’t be mean. You have to lead, but you can’t ...
Emotional eating, however, isn’t motivated by hunger. Instead, it is “the act of using food to cope with various feelings you’re experiencing," she explains.
In rhetoric, a glittering generality or glowing generality is an emotionally appealing phrase so closely associated with highly-valued concepts and beliefs that it carries conviction without supporting information or reason.