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APPEAL TO FEAR BY: MATTHEW DAVIS. DEFINITION WHEN FEAR, NOT BASED ON EVIDENCE OR REASON, IS BEING USED AS THE PRIMARY MOTIVATOR TO GET OTHERS TO ACCEPT.

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1 APPEAL TO FEAR BY: MATTHEW DAVIS

2 DEFINITION WHEN FEAR, NOT BASED ON EVIDENCE OR REASON, IS BEING USED AS THE PRIMARY MOTIVATOR TO GET OTHERS TO ACCEPT AN IDEA, PROPOSITION, OR CONCLUSION. WHEN FEAR, NOT BASED ON EVIDENCE OR REASON, IS BEING USED AS THE PRIMARY MOTIVATOR TO GET OTHERS TO ACCEPT AN IDEA, PROPOSITION, OR CONCLUSION.

3 UNIVERSAL EXAMPLE 1 Https://m.Youtube.Com/watch?v=ah_zQG3-AzQ Https://m.Youtube.Com/watch?v=ah_zQG3-AzQ Https://m.Youtube.Com/watch?v=ah_zQG3-AzQ In this commercial for seatbelt safety the speaker describes, in detail how the driver dies. By dragging out each description the audience begins to understand how dangerous not wearing a seatbelt is. Also the audience can see that someone might not die but have serious injury. In this commercial for seatbelt safety the speaker describes, in detail how the driver dies. By dragging out each description the audience begins to understand how dangerous not wearing a seatbelt is. Also the audience can see that someone might not die but have serious injury.

4 UNIVERSAL EXAMPLE 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfAxUpeVhCg This video depicts a young child that has lost their mother and begins to cry for fear of being alone. The question asked is used make the viewer (if they smoke) think about what things they hold important above smoking. This type of emotion is brought to the viewer by basically making them worry enough about their child that they will make the choice to stop smoking.

5 EXAMPLE 1 Pg. 180 “Can you speak one minute without we land in hell again? I am sick of Hell!” – PROCTOR – PROCTOR PROCTOR DRAWS ATTENTION TO PARRIS BY SAYING THAT HE ONLY SPEAKS OF THE DEVIL. THIS INSTILLS FEAR IN OTHERS LISTENING, AND BY DOING SO PROCTOR HAS THE UPPER HAND IN THE CONVERSATION. PROCTOR DRAWS ATTENTION TO PARRIS BY SAYING THAT HE ONLY SPEAKS OF THE DEVIL. THIS INSTILLS FEAR IN OTHERS LISTENING, AND BY DOING SO PROCTOR HAS THE UPPER HAND IN THE CONVERSATION.

6 EXAMPLE 2 Pg. 210 “ And do you know that near four hundred are in jails from Marblehead to Lynn and upon my signature ?” “ And do you know that near four hundred are in jails from Marblehead to Lynn and upon my signature?” -DANFORTH -DANFORTH DANFORTH ASKS FRANCIS NURSE IF HE KNOWS WHO DANFORTH IS. THIS TYPE OF QUESTIONING IS MEANT TO MAKE FRANCIS AFRAID. DANFORTH MAKES HIMSELF SEEM MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE BY DOING THIS. DANFORTH ASKS FRANCIS NURSE IF HE KNOWS WHO DANFORTH IS. THIS TYPE OF QUESTIONING IS MEANT TO MAKE FRANCIS AFRAID. DANFORTH MAKES HIMSELF SEEM MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE BY DOING THIS.

7 RESOURCES "QUIT SMOKING COMMERCIAL." YOUTUBE. YOUTUBE, N.D. WEB. 13 MAR. 2015.


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