1. Pathos: Romney started off with a story about a family losing their house to get the audiences attention before moving on to state his action plan.
2. Eye contact: Romney looked directly into the camera and made eye contact to emphasize his points throughout his argument.
3. Poisoning the well: Obama said something along the lines of "if this is what you want, Mitt is your candidate." After pointing out the flaws in Romney's plan.
4. Hand gestures: Both Romney and Obama used hand gestures to emphasize their stance on an issue.
5. Stacking the deck: Obama avoided the question about trickle down government and instead focused on another topic.
6. Slippery slope: When Obama began addressing multiple issues, Romney call him out and asked to focus on each issue one at a time.
7. Logos: Romney included the statistics that Obama planned to cut the deficit in half but instead doubled it during his time in office to support his own approach to the issue.
8. Red Herring: Obama said Romney plans for a break in jobs over seas... Romney came back by asking where Obama got that information, since it was nots something he had ever supported.
9. Allusion: Romney talked about the founding fathers and related them to his argument today.
10. Tone: Romney used his tone of voice to lead the argument. He made sure to get the last word in and was confident in what he was saying.
I agree that Obama had a lot of fallacies in his arguments and that Romney did a great job of presenting himself. This really shows how the tools of rhetoric can help make or break an argument; it was less about what they were saying and more about how they said it.
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