Vocab
A persuasive statement that lacks reasons and evidence.
What is Claim?
If you want to be healthy, you need to stop drinking coffee. I read it on a fitness blog.
What is An Appeal to Authority?
A pharmaceutical company handing out samples to doctors in hopes the doctors presribe specific drugs.
What is Vested Interest?
If we make an exception for Bijal’s service dog, then other people will want to bring their dogs. Then everybody will bring their dog, and before you know it, our restaurant will be overrun with dogs, their slobber, their hair, and all the noise they make, and nobody will want to eat here anymore.
What is Slippery Slope?
Katherine is a bad choice for mayor because she didn’t grow up in this town. She's just a foreigner!
What is Ad Hominem?
Claims and reasons that the argument implies, nudging the audience to assume they are common sense and need not be critiqued
What is are Unstated Assumptions?
There must be fairies living in our attic because nobody’s ever proven that there aren’t fairies living in our attic.
What is An Appeal to Ignorance?
The statement from a witness to a car accident.
What is Ability to Perceive?
Erin has stopped using straws and thinks we need to stop using all plastics, right now, to save the planet from climate change.
What is Straw Man?
Losing a tooth can be scary, but have you heard about the Tooth Fairy?
What is Red Herring?
These act as both the conclusion of one argument and a reason for the main argument.
What are Intermediate Conclusions?
I know I should have been on time for the interview, but I woke up late and felt really bad about it, then the stress of being late made it hard to concentrate on driving here.
What is An Appeal to Pity?
The professor of astrophysics commenting on the problems with the space shuttles thrust.
What is Expertise?
If you don’t support my decision, you were never really my friend. Make your choice!
What is False Dichotomy/Either-Or?
I felt nauseated both times I ate pizza from Georgio’s, so I must be allergic to something in pizza.
What is Hasty Generalization?
A set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument
What is a Counter Argument?
"You don’t have enough experience to be the new leader.” “Neither do you!"
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What is Reputation?
Of course it’s fine to wait until the last minute to write your paper. Everybody does it!
What is Bandwagon?
When ice cream sales are up, so are shark attacks. Therefore, buying ice cream increases your risk of being bitten by a shark.
What is Post Hoc/Causal/Sequential Fallacy?
An argument element simply stating the opponents claim.
What is a Counter Assertion?
My mom is this school's biggest donor and best friends with the principal, so you should really reconsider that C- you gave me on my latest paper!
What is An Appeal to Fear?
Sweden doesn't take sides and has not gone to war since 1814 due to this.
What is Neutrality?
Peppers are the easiest vegetable to grow because growing peppers is not difficult.
What is Circular Argument?
Wool sweaters are superior to nylon jackets as fall attire because wool sweaters have the higher wool content.
What is Begging the Question?
(because the argument fails to explain why having the higher wool content makes a garment superior)