APA Format
Rhetoric
Argument
Key Terms
Logical Fallacies
100

This is found at the beginning of your paper, and includes (at minimum) the paper title, author's name, and institution.

What is the Title Page?

100
Persuading your reader through an appeal to logic

What is logos?

100

This group may oppose your argument

Who are naysayers? OR What is a counterargument?

100
This type of evidence is shorter than the original source and is written in the author's words/phrasing

What is a summary?

100

This logical fallacy asks people to do something due to its popularity

What is a bandwagon? 

200

This is found at the top of every page. It includes a short version of the title and the page number.

What is the running head?

200

Persuading your reader through an appeal to emotions

What is pathos?

200

This type of argument is structured as follows: Introduction, Background, Proposition, Proof, Refutation, Conclusion

What is a classical argument?

200

This type of phrase occurs before a direct quotation or paraphrase. It introduces the author/title, year of publication, and gives an opportunity to introduce the source's authority.

What is a signal phrase?

200

In this logical fallacy, X leads to Y (where Y is an extremely hyperbolic outcome)

What is a slippery slope?

300
In the references page, all sources are organized by this method.

What is alphabetically?

300

Persuading your reader through an appeal to the source's credibility

What is authority?

300

This is a type of "top-down" logic, in which you begin with a major premise, followed by a more specific premise, and finally reach a conclusion.

What is deductive reasoning? 

300

This is a rhetorical tool where you (the author) are given the opportunity to speak to the reader.

What is metacommentary?

300

In this logical fallacy, the intended audience is presented with a limited number of solutions to, or consequences of, a problem, when reality more exist

What is a false dilemma?

400

APA citation method prioritizes this type of information about the source.

What is the year of publication?

400

Persuading your reader through an appeal to your credibility

What is ethos?

400
In this type of argument, the author must first analyze the claims, grounds, and warrant.

What is a Toulmin argument?

400

"The putting together of parts or elements so as to make up a complex whole.”

What is synthesis?

400

This logical fallacy occurs when a person believes their conclusion is true only because they have not been presented with evidence that disproves it

What is an appeal to ignorance?

500

In addition to the author/short title and year of publication, the in-text citation for direct quotations and paraphrases must include this information.

What is the location of the quote/paraphrased material? 

500

Persuading your reader through an appeal to timeliness 

What is kairos? 

500

This type of argument is helpful for negotiating differences and achieving compromise 

What is a Rogerian argument?

500

This is another term for the evidence that supports a claim (appears in a Toulmin argument)

What are grounds?

500

In this logical fallacy, the writer presents an attack on a person or a group, rather than the position they’re taking

What is an ad hominem fallacy?