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Fallacies
Errors in argument, intentional or accidental, that misrepresents the nature of an argument and mislead listeners/readers
100
Logos
The appeal of an argument to our rational, logical side
100
Begging the question
Assumes a debatable part of an argument is aleady agreed upon.
100
Pathos
The ability of an argument to touch our emotions.
100
Non sequitur
occurs when a conclusion doesn't logically follow its premises
200
Ethos
mainly refers to the image of a writer or a speaker as an ethical, trustworthy person
200
Red Herring
introduces unrelated information to distract the audience's attention
200
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
what are the three areas of rhetorical appeal that describe how arguments persuade us.
200
False Authority
using a non-authority in an appeal to authority
200
Either/or
assuming there are only two conclusions that can be reached
300
Bandwagon
appeals to the people's desire to conform to the larger group
300
False analogy
making implausible comparisons to prove a point
300
Ad Populum
inappropriately appeals to people's general feelings of love, hate, patriotism, fear, etc.
300
Post hoc
assuming that since A happened before B, A must have caused B.
300
Ad hominem
distracts from argument by attacking the person or persons making the argument.
400
Hasty generalization
reaching a generalized conclusion from too little evidence.
400
inductive reasoning
uses a specific case to reach a broad generalization
400
deductive reasoning
applies a broad generalization to a specific case.
400
professional journal
A journal that is written by a professional of the field and is somewhat boring and wordy
400
search engines
anything that can help find information using one or multiple key words
500
Fact
a statement that involves a truth that has been proven or is generally accepted as true
500
inference
a statement that involves an an unproven "educated guess" or assessment of what has or may happen
500
value judgement
a statement that involves personal opinion or, in other words, involves a person's taste, emotions, or feelings about worth
500
archaic
obsolete or not used as often any more
500
opinion
someones personal appeal to something or someone