Occasions for Argument
An argument about the past.
What is a forensic argument?
Pathos appeals are often called this.
What are emotional appeals?
Provides worst-case scenarios or over-exaggerates to create panic.
What is a scare tactic?
This faulty appeal puts the speaker's ____ in question.
What is credibility?
An inference drawn from insufficient evidence.
What is hasty generalization?
An argument about the present.
What is a ceremonial Argument?
Addressing a person's beliefs or feelings.
What is Pathos.
An argument that attempts to make is seem as if there are only 2 potential choices.
What is either/or?
Attempts to gain credibility by claiming unearned or misdirected expertise.
What is false authority?
Also know as circular reasoning, this argument states that the premise and the conclusion of the argument are synonymous.
What is begging the question?
An argument about the future.
What is a deliberative argument?
Argument appeals dealing with the speaker.
What is ethos?
Attempting to destroy the credibility of another person in order to distract from their message.
In latin it means, "it does not follow." In this fallacy, the evidence may seem to support the claim, but at further inspection the two are not directly related.
What is non sequitur?
An argument refuting the policies of a previous administration.
What is a forensic argument?
What is pathos?
Exploits the audience's emotions in order to distract them from the facts.
What is overly emotional appeals?
Providing evidence that only supports one side of an argument.
What is stacking the deck?
A diversionary tactic by changing the subject so that it places attention on one item in order to distract from the truth.
What is red herring?
A proposal argument would also be this occasion for argument.
What is deliberative argument?
The strongest type of of evidence used.
What is fact?
Encourages the audience to follow the path of least resistance rather than think independently.
What is Bandwagon?
What is dogmatism?
The clever use of language in which half-truths or lies are set forth in order to divert the attention of the audience or reader.
What is equivocation?