Appeal to emotion
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An appeal to emotion or "argument from emotion" is any kind of argument which works more by triggering particular feelings ("pressing emotional buttons") than by conveying actual substance relevant to the subject under discussion.The appeal to emotion is a form of rhetorical deception and is commonly found in company with one or more logical fallacies which it is working to conceal.
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- appeal to calmness: anyone who disagrees with me is overreacting and being irrational – a type of appeal to guilt
- appeal to guilt (or shame): you should feel bad if you don't agree with me
- appeal to fear: if you don't do as I say, horrible things will happen (a form of appeal to consequences)
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- 2011-01-19 [Talk|Index] Fuller Memorial Presbyterian / Durham Rescue Mission § “Plans submitted to the City / County Planning department with the rezoning demonstrated several worrisome elements to neighbors. The scale had grown considerably from the single multipurpose building discussed in previous years; it now stretched over portions of five city blocks, involved the demolition of 9 houses in historic district, and contemplated the closing of two streets, creating a fenced/gated facility stretching over three blocks.”
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