Fallacy Definitions
Fallacy Definitions (2)
Trump Says
Scenarios
Rhetorical Devices Review
100
A series of worsening events that aren't really logically connected.
What is slippery slope.
100
rather than attacking the argument, you attack the person making the argument.
What is ad hominem.
100
An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud"
What is Appeal to Irrelevant Authority
100
Boyfriend: "Your friends hang out with a lot of guys, so if I let you hang out with your friends without me, next thing you know you'll end up falling in love with one of those guys and leaving me."
What is Slippery Slope.
100
I don't think I believe the stuff on Answers.com because anybody could write that stuff. The rhetorical device being used is....
What is Ethos.
200
A choice made because "everyone else is doing it".
What is bandwagon.
200
This fallacy takes a complex situation about reduces it to only two possible choices.
What is False Dilemma (either/or -- black/white).
200
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bring crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people.”
What is Hasty Generalization
200
You can't possibly go hang out with your friends tonight, you lied to me last night and liars can't be trusted. You will hang out with only me until you regain my trust, you liar.
What is Ad Hominem
200
"I've been doing this for years....I know what I'm doing."
What is Ethos.
300
Misrepresenting someone's argument so it is easier to argue against.
What is straw man
300
A change of subject in the middle of the argument that is unrelated to the issue at hand.
What is Red Herring.
300
If I were running ‘The View’, I’d fire Rosie O’Donnell. I mean, I’d look at her right in that fat, ugly face of hers, I’d say ‘Rosie, you’re fired.’”
What is Ad Hominem.
300
Jack really wants to vote for Hillary Clinton for president, but he doesn't because his whole family votes Trump.
What is Bandwagon.
300
Ads encouraging donations, show small children living in pathetic conditions to evoke pity in people to urge them to donate for the cause.
What is pathos
400
A conclusion about a whole group which is based on a limited number of examples.
What is hasty generalization.
400
when you make the audience scared enough that they don't think logically about your argument
What is Appeal to Fear.
400
“I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I’m more honest and my women are more beautiful.”
What is Non Sequitur
400
"I think this country doesn't spend enough on education; we should devote more of our national budget to that." "And take money away from the military? Are you saying that you don't want our troops to have the weapons they need to defend us? I can't believe you hate us all and want us to die."
What is Straw Man
400
100% of students say that Freemyer is the best teacher.
What is Logos
500
When "x" follows after "y", this fallacy believes that "x" was the cause of "y"
What is False Cause (not a cause/ post hoc)
500
An illogical conclusion that "doesn't follow" from the reasons in the argument.
What is Non-sequitur
500
“My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my body.” Therefore, Trump should be President of the United States
What is NonSequitur
500
If you allow tank tops at school, then students will start wearing short shorts, then booty shorts, then no shorts. You'll have kids coming to school in nothing but a thong!
What is Slippery Slope
500
Sad puppies and Natalie Portman
What is Pathos
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