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$2.99 Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation - COM220
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Assignment: Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation
• Resources: American Rhetoric Web site and Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation
• Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]
• Listen to the speech at
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechcitizenkane2.html by clicking the Windows Media Video link or the Audio mp3 link, or read the transcript of the speech.
• Answer the following questions in a minimum of 500 words: Identify examples of bias, fallacies, and specific rhetorical devices in the speech. How did the speaker address arguments and counterarguments? Were the speaker’s arguments effective? Explain your answers.
• Resources: American Rhetoric Web site and Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation
• Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]
• Listen to the speech at
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechcitizenkane2.html by clicking the Windows Media Video link or the Audio mp3 link, or read the transcript of the speech.
• Answer the following questions in a minimum of 500 words: Identify examples of bias, fallacies, and specific rhetorical devices in the speech. How did the speaker address arguments and counterarguments? Were the speaker’s arguments effective? Explain your answers.
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Preview: ... to say by relating unfavorable information about him. This illustrates the point that Kane entered this campaign from a subjective mindset without stating any supporting facts.
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A major theme in the speech is when Kane suggests that he is a friend of the common man and the working class. One of the most obvious fallacies is that Kane seems to have already been predetermined to win the Governorship. Since the election had not yet begun (an assumption based on the fact that campaign speeches are taking place in this selection), this is most certainly fallacious. A fallacy is a mistaken belief based on ...
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