Vocabulary & Fallacy Definitions
Implicit
Explicit
Literary Investigation
Surprise
100
unfavorably known
What is notorious?
100
Implicit's definition is...
What is hinting at or suggesting?
100
"Polly, Eula Becker doesn't cause the rain. She has no connection with the rain."
What is Post Hoc?
100
Who is the author?
What is Max Shulman?
100
We watched both the film and read the short story. What was the red herring in the film? What was the red herring in the short story?
What is the hummer in the film and what is the raccoon coat in the short story?
200
an unqualified generalization
What is dicto simpliciter?
200
Who is responsible for finding the implicit fallacies in the text?
What is the audience or the reader?
200
"I'm not a cake; I'm a girl."
What is False Analogy?
200
When was he born?
What is 1919?
200
What word does the law student use to describe Petey at the beginning of the story?
What is a faddist?
300
Stereotypes can be seen as this fallacy.
What is hasty generalization?
300
What are the two main implicit fallacies in the text?
What is red herring and hypothesis contrary to fact?
300
When the premises of an argument contradict each other, there can be no argument.
What is Contradictory Premises?
300
Who are the three characters involved in this story?
What is the law student, Polly Espy, and Petey Bellows?
300
What is the typical setting that the author uses in his literary pieces?
What is the collegiate or university setting?
400
strong, firm, resolute (adverb)
What is stoutly?
400
The definition of red herring is...
What is a change is subject or topic to distract the audience from the original issue at hand. The red herring in this text is the raccoon coat, as it distracts the reader from the topics of love and logic in the text. Ultimately, it distracts Polly, causing her to choose Petey Bellow over the law student.
400
Appeal to pity
What is Ad Misericordium?
400
The law student plays two roles. He is both the________________character and the____________________.
What is main character (protagonist) and the narrator?
400
What literary allusion is made to Greek mythology and what later become George Bernard Shaw's play?
What is Pygmalion?
500
Waning versus waxing
What is to decrease in volume/ size versus to increase in volume or size?
500
The law student assumes that Polly desires an intelligent man and also believes that his bet with Petey will prevent Petey from having any future relationship with Polly.
What is Hypothesis Contrary to Fact because you cannot begin with a hypothesis that is not true and then draw any supportable conclusions from them. What if Polly desires a man who values being a "Big Man" on campus rather than an intellect? What if Polly and Petey have already a strong past together? Ultimately, what supports whether or not love is logical?
500
When the law student is professing his love in a "mushy" and flowery way, he is demonstrating this fallacy.
What is "Ad misericordium."
500
Is Polly a dynamic character? Remember: dynamic means changing/evolving. Explain why or why not.
What is "Yes, she is because she becomes a logician and develops a sound intellect. Ultimately, she proves her new found intelligence by using the fallacies against the law student."
500
"My brain was as powerful as a dynamo, precise as a chemist's scales, as penetrating as a scalpel..." This is an example of what literary device? What is the comparison?
What is simile? The brain's power to these tools/devices.
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