Logos:
There are two types
of logical argument, inductive and deductive.
In an inductive argument, the reader holds up a specific
example, and then claims that what is true for it
is also true for a general category. For instance,
"I have just tasted this lemon. It is sour.
Therefore, all lemons are probably sour." Deductive
reasoning works in the opposite manner; it begins
with a general or universal rule accepted by most
people ("all lemons are sour") and then applies that
claim to a specific example. ("That is a lemon. Therefore,
it too must be sour.")
Logos Links:
The other types of
persuasive appeal are pathos
and ethos.
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