Fallacy Detective
LTW
Latin
Geography
Science
100

Attacks an opponent's character or his motives for believing something instead of disproving his argument.

Ad Hominem

100

Definition

Comparison

Circumstance

Relationship

Authority/Testimony

5 Common Topics of Invention

100
Bad

malus, a, um

100

Tunis

Tunisia

100

Number of bones in the human adult body

206

200
Introduces an irrelevant point into an argument.

Red Herring

200

A similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses.

Parallelism 1

200

Safe

tutus, a, um

200

Dakar

Senegal

200

Largest Organ in the body

Skin

300

Condemning an arguement because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.

Genetic Fallacy

300

Part of the conclusion in which the writer states to whom his issue matters and why it matters to that person or group

Amplification

300

Hostes bellum parant, sed impetum eorum sustinebimus.

The enemy is preparing for war, but we shall withstand their attacks.

300

Diameter of the Earth

8,000 miles

300

This organ has regenerative properties

Liver


400
Changes the meaning of a word in the middle of an argument

Equivocation

400

The response to an opposing argument.

Refutation

400

Omnes Galli in armis sunt. Spem victoriae in virtute posuernt.

All the Gauls are in arms. They have placed hope of victory in courage.

400

Abuja

Nigeria

400

Longest Record of Hiccups

68 years

500

Changing or exaggerating an opponent's position to make it easier to refute.

Straw Man

500

Invention

Arrangement

Elocution

Memoria

Delivery

5 Cannons of Rhetoric

500

Legiones Romanae hostes semper vincunt.

The Roman legions always conquer the enemy.

500

N'Djamena

Chad

500

Absorbs water, sodium and other minerals

Large Intestine

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