College Composition / Unit 28 CMP 0681 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Fair and Unfair Emotional Appeals
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The idea
An emotional appeal is fair when the feeling it raises fits the situation, and unfair when it exaggerates or substitutes for evidence.
In practice
Describing families' real hardship under a policy is fair; implying that anyone who disagrees hates them is not.
Where people slip
The anchor's roommates slide from fair pathos, the pleasure of good pizza, to an unfair accusation of hostility.
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