Argument Types
Rhetorical Analysis
Fallacies
Argument Fundamentals
Sources
Random AF
Random AF but it's about movies
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This type of argument is used to determine whether something is 'good' or 'bad'
What is an evaluation argument?
100
This is an analytical approach to examine the strategies of an arguer
What is a rhetorical analysis?
100
This fallacy refers to when you introduce an irrelevant point to distract others
What is a red herring?
100
This is a set of statements used to support a claim
What is an argument?
100
This term refers to when you use the author's original words
What is a direct quote? / What is direct quoting?
100
This is where Batman often sends his villains after he stops them
What is Arkham? / What is Arkham Asylum?
100
This horror film series sees victims killed during this holiday
What is Halloween?
200
This type of argument is used when someone claims to have a solution for a particular problem
What is a proposal argument?
200
You consider this about the writer when you examine their education, political affiliation, and experiences
What is the writer's background?
200
This fallacy refers to when someone claims that one event will lead to another, which will then lead to another, and so on
What is a slippery slope?
200
This term refers to a statement in an argument that states the author's main argument
What is a thesis? / What is a thesis statement?
200
This refers to when an author's argument is expressed in a shortened, condensed way
What is summarizing? / What is a summary?
200
This video game series lets you control little creatures who help you gather fruit and rebuild your spaceship
What is Pikmin?
200
This is Vin Diesel's character in The Fast & The Furious film series
Who is Dominic Toretto?
300
This argument's nickname is the 'middle man' argument
What is a Rogerian argument?
300
This is a type of question a writer uses when they want their audience to reflect on something
What is a rhetorical question?
300
This fallacy refers to when you base your argument on the endorsement of a leader
What is the appeal to authority?
300
This term refers to statements that establish the reasons or evidence for the claim
What is a premise?
300
This is another word for bibliography
What is a 'works cited'?
300
These legendary bird Pokemon have a Spanish influence on their names
Who / What are Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres?
300
This recent horror film's main villain was an Irish immigrant
What is Sinners?
400
This type of classical argument often appeals to the audience's motivations and values
What is a classical Western argument?
400
All of the author's data, references, and quotes are referred to with this one word
What is evidence?
400
This fallacy refers to justifying doing something because it has always been done that way
What is appeal to tradition?
400
This term refers to words that help you determine if a statement is a premise or a conclusion
What are indicator words? / What is an indicator word?
400
After you write the author's name the first time, this is how you refer to them for the rest of the essay
What is the author's last name?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the full name of Arthur's little sister
Who is Dora Winifred Read?
400
This 2023 film starred Jack Black, Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, and Anya-Taylor Joy
What is The Super Mario Bros. Movie?
500
Unlike other types of arguments, this argument type allows individuals to incorporate their personal experience
What is a narrative argument?
500
This word refers to the social, political, economic, and cultural events occurring when an argument was written
What is context?
500
This fallacy refers to when someone uses a biased definition as the basis for an argument
What is the 'definist' fallacy?
500
This term refers to the truth or falsity of a statement
What is a truth value?
500
This short Latin phrase is used in the parenthetical citation when a source has three or more authors
What is et al.?
500
What is Fillmore!?
500
This film includes an iconic scene that uses the song "I Need a Hero" by Annie Lennox
What is Shrek 2?