Attacking the person's character, not the person's argument
What is Ad hominem - Personal?
100
A person's attractiveness, height, weight, accent, and vocabulary.
What are Irrelevant Considerations?
100
Bringing in a topic that distracts from the original argument
What is a Red Herring?
100
Using the word "slaughter" instead of the word "kill" is an example of this.
What is a Dysphemism?
100
Blaming others instead of taking responsibility for yourself.
What is Scapegoating?
200
"My dog is a genius. You're argument is invalid."
What is a Non Sequitur?
200
"Wow is that a new haircut? You look great. By the way, can I have five bucks?"
What is Apple Polishing / Flattery?
200
Ex. "The second you let dogs lay on the couch, they're gonna wanna lay on the bed. Then before you know it, they'll be using your bathroom and forgetting to flush."
What is Slippery Slope Fallacy?
200
"Well, I think we all know who the real master is here" is an example of this.
What is Innuendo?
200
Said by Mt. Mercy Student in 3rd block: "Oh my gosh, if I don't eat something soon I'm going to die!"
What is an example of Hyperbole?
300
Refuting a claim based on the person's position
What is Ad hominem - Circumstantial?
300
Ex. "Everyone's going to Colin's big party Saturday night. You're in right?"
What is Peer Pressure / Argument from Popularity?
300
Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to argue against
What is Straw Man Fallacy?
300
The precursor to Racism and Genocide
What are stereotypes?
300
"Mount Mercy is a super nice school. There's a Mercy girl now, she must be nice."
What is the Fallacy of Division?
400
Ex. "You've never met Sara? Oh you really shouldn't believe anything she says, she's kind of a compulsive liar..."
What is Ad hominem - Poisoning the Well?
400
Ex. "But Justin Bieber is going to lose money if you don't buy his CD! Have a heart, woman!"
What is an Argument from Pity?
400
Ex. "Well you're gonna have to get a job this summer. It's either that or ride your bike for the rest of your life."
What is a False Dilemma?
400
"This just in. A new study suggests Mercy students eat sushi more often than Nardin girls."
What is Proof Surrogate?
400
"If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe."
(Peter De Vries, Let Me Count the Ways. Little Brown, 1965)
What is a Rhetorical Analogy?
500
"Whoa whoa, I just saw that plane go by and then the fire alarm went off...I'm thinking that plane must have interfered with our electrical system and tripped the alarm!"
What is an example of Post Hoc fallacy?
500
Accounts for more "mother-daughter hang outs" than any other persuasive technique.
What is Guilt Tripping?
500
Ex. "You believe in the Bible?! Wasn't that written by some drunken Greeks?"
What is Genetic Fallacy?
500
A method used by advertisers, politicians, and the media to get people to believe something or act in a certain way by appealing to their worry about being safe and socially accepted.
What are Scare Tactics / Argument by Force?
500
"What a horrible candle-snuffing word. That's like saying, 'He can't climb that mountain, he's just a man', or "That's not a diamond, it's just a rock.' Just." - Finding Neverland