Logical Fallacy
Logical Fallacy
Logical Fallacy
Writing Terms
Writing Process
100
A celebrity who endorses a viewpoint in an unrelated field.
What is false authority?
100
Attacking someone's personhood or character.
What is ad hominem?
100
An error in reasoning.
What is a logical fallacy?
100
An emotional appeal.
What is pathos?
100
The beginning of the writing process.
What is brainstorming/pre-writing?
200
Assuming a cause for an effect.
What is false cause?
200
Introducing unrelated evidence.
What is a red herring?
200
Arguing that we should continue a trend or social attitude based on history or culture.
What is appeal to tradition?
200
An appeal to one's credibility?
What is ethos?
200
What is the next stage of writing in which you are putting ideas on paper.
What is drafting?
300
Setting up a problem to only have one outcome; if we do this, then____.
What is false dilemma?
300
Assuming that an entire group is guilty based on the actions of a few?
What is guilt by association?
300
A statement that does not follow from the first.
What is a non sequitur?
300
Introducing reasoning and evidence.
What is logos?
300
After receiving feedback, this is the next stage of writing in which you look at the idea content and organization.
What is revising?
400
Jumping to a conclusion based on limited evidence.
What is a hasty generalization?
400
Using mass appeal or popularity as evidence.
What is bandwagon?
400
Two incomparable categories that are brought together for illustration.
What is a false analogy?
400
The purposeful use of language and/or images.
What is rhetoric?
400
After you have organized idea content, you complete this step.
What is editing?
500
Using your own reasoning as its evidence.
What is begging the question?
500
Reducing a complex problem into simple terms.
What is oversimplification?
500
An increasing number of unacceptable statements.
What is slippery slope?
500
The test that we use to determine if a source is scholarly or not. Name the parts.
What is the CRAAP test? Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose
500
Before submission, after all the conceptual review of your work, the very last step of the writing process.
What is proof reading?
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