NATURAL DISASTERS
"My car has started every day. So my car will start today" is an example of this type of argument, the counterpart of deductive
inductive
Visit the boardwalk & ride the over 80-year-old Wonder Wheel at this nostalgic amusement resort
Coney Island
It's a large aggregate of stars
galaxy
It's the "Keystone State"
Pennsylvania
This weather phenomenon is a Japanese borrow word that translates to "Harbor Wave"
Tsunami
Senator, 2 minutes for this segment of a debate, to attack elements of the prior argument such as its assumptions or its relevance
a rebuttal
his New York neighborhood is home to the National Black Theater as well as the famed Apollo
Harlem
It's the capital of Nova Scotia, eh
Halifax
It's the African-American harvest festival that begins on December 26
Kwanzaa
Seismicity is a measurement system that relates to the magnitude of these natural disaster.
Earthquakes
To do this to "the question" is a logical error in argument, but now it's often used to mean simply "bring up the question"
to beg
Built in 1902, this distinctive-looking building is one of New York's oldest & most famous skyscrapers
the Flatiron Building
A succinct formulation of a principle or truth
axiom/maxim
A first-year player on a sports team, or any novice or beginner
a rookie
We see peak activity of these natural disasters in the Atlantic Ocean from June 1 to November 30.
Hurricanes
An argument a fortiori, from Latin for this comparative word, is like "If turtles are slow, turtles in molasses must also be slow"
stronger
opular name for the area along Seventh Avenue, south of 42nd Street, with stores full of notions & fabrics
the Garment District
The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language
syntax
This type of warrior wore 2 swords & lived by the code of Bushido
a Samurai
Generally it spans from Texas northward through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa.
This Latin phrase once meant arguing by appealing to someone's personal feelings; now it means an irrelevant personal attack
ad hominem
You don't have to be a monk to visit this branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that's devoted to Medieval art
the Cloisters
It's the small African mammal seen here
hyrax
Sound the trumpets! He succeeded Moses as the leader of the Israelites
Joshua