The thesis statement of an argumentative essay is often called this
What is a Claim?
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a proposition consisting of one piece of evidence in an argument
What is a premise?
100
Attacking a person rather than attacking their position or their argument
What is Ad Hominem?
100
Twisting someone's words in order to better attack the argument
What is the Straw Man Fallacy?
100
A paragraph dedicated to examining other stances of a topic and why those stances may not be correct.
What is a Counter Claim?
200
The explanation of why a topic is important, or simply why readers should care about the topic.
What is the exigence?
200
a common error in logic that some use unintentionally to convince others
What is a Fallacy?
200
Convincing someone that if one step is taken to prevent something, soon other steps will be taken until eventually the thing will be wiped out entirely.
What is the Slippery Slope?
200
A technique to distract away from the argument instead of addressing the issue
What is a Red Herring?
200
A student of Plato who created the syllogism and is known as the Father of Argumentation
Who is Aristotle?
300
A type of writing that requires a position to be taken on a topic that has been researched and investigated.
What is Argumentative Writing?
300
the most famous logical sequence that mentions a Greek philosopher Socrates
What is the syllogism?
300
Making a comparison in order to exaggerate a premise or conclusion
What is a Moral Equivalence?
300
Jumping to a conclusion without the necessary research or information to make a good decision
What is a Hasty Generalization?
300
(True or False) Conclusions should introduce several pieces of new information.
What is False?
400
Each body paragraph should include ___________ piece / pieces of evidence.
What is one?
400
The outcome of the relationship between two or more premises
What is the conclusion?
400
Presenting a loaded question that already assumes the answer the person should be trying to prove
What is Begging the Claim?
400
Oversimplifying an argument by forcing two concrete choices as solutions
What is a False Dilemma?
400
Solve this logic problem:
All trees are plants.
SOME trees are bushes.
What is Some plants are bushes?
500
Students' writing should have clear and logical ___________ that connect certain sentences to others, as well as paragraphs to other paragraphs.
What are transitions, or transitional phrases?
500
a formal system of analysis that helps writers invent, demonstrate, and prove arguments.
What is Logic?
500
Using popular opinion or an emotional appeal to convince someone of a position
What is Ad Populum?
500
Assuming that one piece of evidence has a direct influence on a different piece of evidence to reach a conclusion unnecessarily
What is a False Cause?
500
Solve this logic problem:
Lead is an abundant mineral in the soil.
I farm abundant minerals.