“Lots of people bought this album, so it must be good.”
What is argument ad Populum?
100
Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
What is Strawman?
100
In addition to disagreeing with someone, you must also do this.
What is explain why?
100
The two basic elements of argument.
What are claims and evidence?
100
Articles, chapters, short stories, poems, and other shorter works appear in these.
What are quotes?
200
“You can’t prove that there aren’t Martians living in caves under the surface of Mars, so it is reasonable for me to believe there are.”
What is appeal to Ignorance?
200
Attacking your opponent's character or personal traits instead of engaging with their argument.
What is Ad Hominem?
200
In addition to agreeing with someone, you must also do this.
What is add something different/valuable to the conversation?
200
In Rogerian argument, it is important to establish this between you and your audience.
What is common ground?
200
Generally speaking, these two elements appear in the in-text citation.
What are the author's last name and page number?
300
“If aliens didn’t steal my newspaper, who did?”
What is Begging the Question?
300
Avoiding having to engage with criticism by turning it back on the accuser - answering criticism with criticism.
What is Tu Quoque?
300
It is important to plant these types of people into your writing to build credibility and to enter the larger conversation.
What are Naysayers?
300
The three types of appeals.
What are emotional, ethical, and logical appeals?
300
You can join independent clauses with a comma and these 7 coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS).
What are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
400
“I believe that Frosted Flakes are great because it says so on the Frosted Flakes packaging.”
What is Circular Reasoning?
400
Making what could be callend an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticism or flaws of an argument.
What is No True Scotsman?
400
Ways to indicate or pinpoint who says/believes a certain idea.
What are: attribution, voice markers, signal/signal phrases?
400
Acknowledging your opponents positions and then offering your response.
What are concessions (counterarguments) and refutations?
400
"The junk food companies targets children and minorities" is an example of this common grammatical error.
What is noun/verb agreement?
500
“If we allow gay people to get married, what’s next? Allowing people to marry their dogs?”
What is a Slippery Slope?
500
Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption.
What is The Texas Sharpshooter?
500
Well-supported arguments are grounded in this and this.
What are persuasive reasons and evidence?
500
Avoid using these so that your audience does not doubt your knowledge or ability to write authoritatively.
What are vague/ambiguous terms and exaggerated claims?
500
The proper Works Cited entry for your They Say/I Say book. :-) Muwahaha.
Graff, Gerald, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst, eds. They Say/ I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2012. Print.