HW 1/21

Find common ground to make a connection with the audience. Then proceed to persuade them on new ideas once the connection has been made.
Make sure to employ every tool of rhetoric you can to create a well rounded argument that is more persuasive.
It is important to make ethical decisions in regards to my arguments. I find this is an obvious thing yet this line seems to be tested quite often in real world examples. Do we just not have common values or ethics anymore as a culture? Why isn’t this prioritized more?
Always pick a topic that is at least mildly controversial or debated. Otherwise it will most likely just end up boring.
Address counterarguments (fairly)
People generally only change attitudes when the knowledge that attitude is based on comes into question.
Put in the work to do the refutation. I believe this is one of the most important steps and easily skipped or forgotten.
Are there any times when you shouldn’t treat your readers as intelligent and/or reasonable? Your opponents?
Why is ad hominem used so frequently today for being a fallacy? (ex: politics)
Does slippery slope ever have merit?

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