Fallacies
Types of arguments
Classical oration
100
Urge people to follow the same path everyone else is taking
What is a Bandwagon Fallacy?
100
An argument that deals with action to be taken in the future, focusing on matters of policy.
What is a Deliberative Argument
100
Part of classical oration, in which the speaker/writer tries to win the attention and goodwill of an audience while introducing a subject
What is exordium
200
When writers offer themselves or other authorities as sufficient warrant for believing a claim.
What is an Appeal to false authority fallacy?
200
An argument that deals with actions that have happened in the past.
What is a forensic argument.
200
Part of classical oration in which a speaker/writer presents the facts of a case
What is narratio
300
Attack the character of a person rather than the claims he or she makes
What is ad hominem fallacy
300
Arguments that are not aimed at vanquishing an opponent, but at inviting others to collaborate and explore mutually satisfying ways to solve problems.
What is an invitational argument.
300
Part of classical oration in which speaker/writer divides up the subject and explains what the claim will be
What is partitio
400
An influence drawn from insufficient evidence.
What is a hast generalization fallacy?
400
An argument of evaluation that relies on non numerical criteria supported by reason, tradition, precedent, or logic.
What is a qualitative argument.
400
Part of classical oration in which speaker/writer offers evidence for the claim
What is confirmatio
500
Attack arguments that no one is really making or portray opponents positions as more extreme or less coherent than they actually are.
What is a straw man fallacy?
500
An argument of evaluation that relies on criteria that can be measured, counted, or demonstrated objectively.
What is a quantitative argument.
500
Part of classical oration in which a speaker/writer acknowledges and refutes the opposing claims or evidence
What is refutatio
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