Say What?
"I know there are angels! There must be: no one can prove that they don't exist!" This commits the fallacy of:
What is Argument from Ignorance
I just learned why all those theories about nonhumans building the Great Pyramids and the Easter Island statues and so on are full of baloney. The guy who wrote about them was once a hotel manager somewhere in Switzerland, and he was once convicted of embezzlement. No wonder those theories smelled fishy!
What is Ad hominem (personal attack)
Defense lawyers sometimes explain the actions of a client by referring to the client's own mistreatment as a child.
What is Appeal to pity
Name the rhetorical device that tries to side-track someone by bringing up a related but irrelevant topic.
What is smokescreen
How can Muslims be opposed to alcoholic beverages? People have been drinking them since before the beginning of history.
What is Genetic Fallacy
If an ad hominem argument accuses someone of prejudice because of his race and con tends that he is therefore not a good source of information, it is a(n)__________ ad hominem.
What is circumstantial
I’ll tell you why a hundred dollars is enough child support. You go into court and ask for more, and I’ll have my lawyer file a countersuit that will set you back a bundle in legal fees!
What is
Appeal to force
Scare tactics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plB51zfAIOQ&feature=youtu.be&t=2m16s;end=2m45s
What is Slippery Slope
Name the rhetorical device that argues for a course of action on the grounds that taking this course will win the approval of others and especially of one's friends.
What is peer pressure
Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes my proposal. You know that I trust and honor your judgment. Even if you do not approve my request, I am happy just to have had the chance to present this proposal to such qualified experts. Thank you.
What is apple polishing
"It really gripes me to see Bill Clinton talking about how cigarette smoking is a big contributor to public health costs. You want to know how much you can trust him on that subject? Well, even he himself admits to smoking cigars!"
What is Ad hominem (inconsistency)
"Your food section frequently features recipes with veal, and you say veal is a wholesome, nutritious dish. I disagree. Do you know how veal comes to be on your plate? At birth a newborn calf is separated from its mother, placed in a dark enclosure, and chained by its neck so that it cannot move freely. This limits muscular development so that the animal is tender. It is kept in the dark pen until the day it is cruelly slaughtered."
What is Appeal to pity
Name the rhetorical device that plays on our desire to be on the winning team.
what is bandwagon
I don't want to vote for this sleazebag, but my father would turn over in his grave if I ever voted Republican.
What is Guilt Trip
I don't believe we ought to believe the so-called ‘admissions' of the Liggett and Myers Company. I think the only reason they're now agreeing with tobacco critics about the addictive powers of nicotine and the nicotine-level manipulation by the company is to get themselves off the hook and avoid bigger trouble, even if it means getting the other tobacco companies into bigger trouble."
What is Ad hominem (circumstantial)
Listen, friends, it’s our money the board of supervisors wants to spend putting sewers and other improvements out there in that Antelope Creek development. And you know who’s going to profit from it the most? The developers, who don’t even live around here. I tell you, we have sat back and done nothing long enough! It’s high time we told these out-of-town interlopers or antelopers or whatever they are to go mess with somebody else’s town. I won’t stand for it any more!
What is Argument from outrage
Name the rhetorical device that supports a claim on the grounds that the alternative is too awful to deal with.
What is wishful thinking
She'll be glad I spent the night out drinking. I'm giving her some personal space.
What is rationalizing
An abusive ad hominem is present whenever
What is an insulting remark is made in place of reason in an argument.
That bill Congress wants to pass is very unpopular. Unless they want to have trouble in the next election cycle, they probably shouldn't pass it.
What is no fallacy
Which fallacy is committed when a statement's meaning is indeterminate
What is amphiboly