Are we allowed to do RA's on conversations? Because all conversations are persuasive arguments, but some arguments are done very...badly. Like one that I had with a friend this last weekend. If you can't guess from the enthymeme, I'm really
WATCO asking a friend to join you on a double date on your friendship with that particular friend?
Enthymeme: Asking a friend to join you on a double date will put a strain on your friendship with that particular friend because telling your friend that you bribed her date to take her will cause her to lose self-esteem and resent your friendship.
Audience: A friend who thought telling me that she bribed someone to take me on a date would make us better friends.
Implicit Assumption: Anything that causes a friend to lose self-esteem and resent your friendship will put a strain on your friendship.
Logos: Logically, I suppose the argument was supposed to imply that she was such a good friend that she would step in and help a friend get a date.
Pathos: This doesn’t work as an argument because of pathos. The argument basically says that “you can’t even get a pity date” which is rather hurtful.
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