Fallacy Detective
When differences between items being compared are major and the similarities are minor.
What is a weak analogy?
This verb tense indicates an action that has not happened yet.
What is the future tense?
Part of an essay's conclusion in which the writer states to whom his issue matters and why it matters to that person or group.
What is amplification?
A nerve cell.
What is a neuron?
The capital of Botswana.
What is Gaborone?
Reasoning that concludes that what is true of part of something must be true for the entire thing.
What is part-to-whole fallacy?
This 4th conjugation verb means hear.
What is audio, audire, audivi, auditus?
This is a writing tool that makes an explicit comparison of two things different in kind but sharing a common characteristic. It uses the words "like" or "as" to make the comparison.
What is a simile?
The branched projections of a neuron cell that receive electrical impulses.
What are dendrites?
What is Windhoek?
When someone asks two questions, but one is hidden behind the other.
What is a loaded question?
This verb tense indicates something that happened over a period of time in the past.
What is the imperfect tense?
The catchy opening of an essay or speech, placed in the beginning of the introduction, to engage the audience.
What is the exordium?
A long projection of the nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body.
What is an axon?
The capital of Kenya.
What is Nairobi?
Dismissing someone's viewpoint on an issue because the person has been inconsistent in that very thing.
What is tu quoque fallacy?
The 4 principal parts of send.
What are mitto, mittere, misi, missus
The response to an opposing argument and why it is inadequate.
What is refutation?
An electrically insulating material that forms a covering around the axon.
What is a myelin sheath?
The capital of Madagascar.
What is Antananarivo?
A fallacy that changes or exaggerates an opponent's position to make it easier to refute.
What is a straw man?
The Latin word for bravely.
What is fortiter?
A writing scheme in which opposing ideas are expressed in parallel form.
What is antithesis?
A sac of neurotransmitters released by nerves at the synaptic knobs.
What are acetylcholine sacs?
The capital of Chad.
What is N'Djamena?