A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" and "as".
What is a simile?
100
Achieving purpose by scaring people and exaggerating dangers.
What are scare tactics?
100
Only showing one side of the argument, the one in the arguer's favor.
What is stacking the deck?
100
All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Socrates is mortal.
Is this...
A. Sound
B. Valid
c. True
d. None of the above
A. Sound
100
The position the author is trying to prove.
What is a claim?
200
Repetition that can act like a drumbeat in an argument, bringing the point home.
What is anaphora?
200
Reducing complicated issues tow just two options, one obviously more preferable than the other.
What are either-or choices or false dichotomy?
200
Inferences drawn from insufficient evidence.
What is a hasty generalization?
200
Birds can fly.
Airplanes can fly.
Therefore, airplanes are birds.
Is this...
A. Sound
B. Valid
C. True
D. None of the above
Valid
200
An argument against an author's claim.
What is a counter claim?
300
The use of a part of something to represent the whole.
What is synecdoche?
300
Exaggerating the future consequences of an action.
What is a slippery slope?
300
Assuming as true the very claim that is in dispute.
What is begging the question?
300
The moon is made of tofu.
Tofu is made of old socks
Therefore the moon is made of old socks.
A. Sound
B. Valid
c. True
D. None of the above
B. Valid
300
Information used to support a reason.
What is evidence?
400
Replacing the name of one thing with the name of something closely related to it.
What is metonymy?
400
Assuming one particular opinion is the only one that is conceivably acceptable.
What is dogmatism?
400
Attacking an argument that isn't really there to claim a false victory.
What is a straw man?
400
What fallacy is exhibited in this syllogism?
Mr. Blight says two plus two equals four
Mr. Blight dresses like a mannequin in a thrift shop
Therefore two plus two does not equal four.
Ad Hominem or non sequitur
400
The underlying assumptions that connect the reasons and evidence to the claim.
What are warrants.
500
A statement that can have multiple interpretations.
What is a pun?
500
Arguments that attack the character of the individual rather than the claims they make.
What is ad hominem?
500
Changing the subject to throw readers off.
What is red herring?
500
What type of fallacy is exhibited in the syllogism?
All flowers are beautiful.
A milkweed star is a flower.
A milkweed star is beautify.