Cirotehr
Fallacies
Communication Model
Final Round
100

Timing is everything.  Matching the occasion with the proper style and content.  

Kairos

100

Name this fallacy:

You are in an argument and show the other person hard facts, evidence, and statistics that support your side.  This person yells, "oh yeah?  Well, you're just stupid," and stomps off.

Ad Hominem

100

The person who hears the message and determines what it means within the communication model.

Receiver (or similar)

100

Write your answer and your bid (up to your max).

What was the name of the thing that was used to kill Socrates?  It's a specific word.

Hemlock

200

What is an extrinsic proof?  Give 3 examples.

Data, evidence, witnesses (or similar).

200

Name this fallacy:

If we allow people to have pets, pretty soon people will be giving their houses to their pets in their wills, and then dogs and cats will own all of the homes in America!

Slippery Slope

200

The means that the idea is conveyed through in the communication model (synonyms are fine).

Channel/Medium/Media/Etc.
300

What are the 3 intrinsic proofs?

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

300

Name this fallacy:

You see someone steal something from a shelf.  As you confront them, they yell "someone was parked in the fire lane and that's a serious violation for your store!"

Red Herring

300

Turning an image of a chair in my head into words to convey to another.

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