Red Herrings
Introduces an irrelevant point to an argument.
What is Red Herring?
Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof.
What is "Making Assumptions?"
Takes a sample from a class of things, then using that to say something about that class.
What is Generalization?
What is Appeal to Pity?
What is Equivocation: He keeps using the word: Inconceivable to things that are conceivable
Using a double standard for an unjustified exception.
What is Special Pleading?
Changing the meaning of word in the middle of an argument.
What is Equivocation?
Generalization about a class based upon a small or poor sample.
What is Hasty Generalization?
What is Appeal to Fear?
There's no point in listening to you. Everybody knows you're just a little do-gooder.
What is Ad Hominem?
What is Appeal to Fear? (Sheesh, I'm afraid to go camping after this lol- actually growing up in the era of Smokey the bear, everyone knew his motto "only You can prevent forest fires")
Asking 2 questions but one is hidden behind the other?
What is Loaded Question?
Concluding that since A happened before B, A must have caused B.
What is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?
When someone makes you fear the consequences of not doing what he wants.
What is Appeal to Fear?
What is Tu Quoque (notice how Anna discredits Elsa by saying, "what do you know about true love")
What is Ad Hominem Abusive ("All you know I how to shut people out")
Appeal to someone who has no special knowledge
What is Faulty Appeal to Authority?
When someone says that what is true of part of something must be true of the whole thing.
What is Part-to-Whole?
Comparing 2 items with each other
What is analogy?
A strategy for spreading our beliefs or ideas.
What is propaganda?
I like the Black Dogs because they're my favorite band.
What is Circular Reasoning?
Changing or exaggerating an opponent's position
What is straw Man?
Assumes that is we take one step,, nothing will stop us from taking a series of steps
What is Slippery Slope?
An analogy to illustrate a point?
What is a Poetic Analogy?
When someone tried to make us do something only because we pity him
What is Appeal to Pity?
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What is Bandwagon?