A formal argument that consists of a major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is a categorical syllogism?
100
Appeal to character and ethics, how an author builds credibility and trustworthiness.
What is ethos?
100
The three options you have once you understand the assertion within the argumentative prompt.
What is agree (defend), disagree (challenge), or qualify?
100
Reaching a highly probable conclusion based on given premises.
What is deduction?
200
Try love does not exist because no one is truly in love.
What is begging the question or circular reasoning?
200
Syllogisms are a form of this type of logical reasoning.
What is deductive reasoning?
200
Appeal to emotion, words or passages an author uses to activate emotions
What is pathos?
200
We reviewed these two types of essay models for the argumentative prompt.
What is the classical and the neo-classical model.
200
Forming a generalization from a set of specific examples -
usually something that has not yet been proven or can not be proven as fact.
What is induction?
300
You should not believe that my opponent's tax policy will fix our economy because he was once accused of plagiarism when he attended Seoul International School.
What is ad hominem?
300
A proposition that is proven or is a universal truth, a possibility that the reader will readily accept, familiar saying/expressions, or facts that everyone, including the reader, knows.
What is a premise?
300
An appeal to reason or logic.
What is logos?
300
Facts/statistics, details, quotations, needed definitions, recognition of the opposition, examples, anecdotes, contrast and comparison, cause and effect, and appeal to authority.
What are types of supporting evidence?
300
An argument based on similarities.
What is analogy?
400
All teenagers are crazy, how can we trust these crazy people?
What is straw-man argument?
400
The term that appears twice in the premises, but does not appear in the conclusion.
What is the middle term?
400
If you love the earth and want to save it for future generations – drink Pocari Sweat.
What is pathos?
400
The second part of the classical model.
What is narration?
400
Syria and Egypt are both experiencing civil unrest, and they both need the same intervention from the U.N.
What is analogy?
500
I tripped in the hallway on my way to AP Lang, and then I got a 2 on my timed write. I got a 2 because I tripped before class.
What is post-hoc or post hoc ergo propter-hoc?
500
A premise can be phrased in different forms. The forms "all A are B" or "No A are B" are referred to as this type of proposition.
What are universal propositions?
(Some A are B or Some A are not B are called...)
500
As a person who has taken the SAT, I know it can be very stressful.
What is ethos?
500
The conclusion of your argument should either provide a final thought, or this.