Argument
A statement or set of statements used to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
What is Argument?
Evokes a rational, reasonable response. Evidence and proof provide support
What is Logos?
You asked a question that had a presumption built in so that it couldn't be answered without looking guilty
What is Loaded Question?
You say that if we allow A to happen then Z will eventually happen so we shouldn't allow A to happen.
What is Slippery Slope?
You said that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove
What is Burden of Proof?
Boxer's slogan that “Napoleon is always right”
What is Hasty Generalization?
That is not possible because he got the idea from a science fiction film.
What is Genetic?
A statement you believe is true and will attempt to prove
What is Claim?
Demonstrates the author’s reliability and competence. Shows respect for the audience’s ideas and moral values.
What is Ethos?
You attacked your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument
What is Ad Hominem?
You claim something is true because "everyone" believes it.
What is Bandwagon?
If students are required to wear uniforms to school, they'll do less shopping at local clothing stores. With less business, the stores will close, which will hurt our local economy.
What is Slippery Slope?
If you don't love going to school, you clearly hate it. Why do you hate school?
What is Black and White?
When did you decide to sabotage our project?
What is Loaded Question?
The facts that prove your claim
What is Evidence?
Evokes an emotional response, sometimes an irrational one.
What is Pathos?
You misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack
What is Strawman?
You made what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant to criticisms or flaws of your argument.
What is No True Scotsman?
You use a piece of evidence in a misleading way or distracting way to move the argument in the direction you want it to go
What is Red Herring?
A parent tells their child they can't see their friends tonight and the child responds, “Why do you hate me?”
What is Strawman?
Twilight must be a great book because everybody seems to have read it.
What is Bandwagon?
Flying is a dangerous way to travel. I know because I was in a plane crash. We will much safer if we drive
What is Anecdotal?
A statement opposing the claim
What is Counterclaim?
The art of effective and persuasive speaking and writing.
What is Rhetoric?
You cherry-pick a data cluster to suit your argument, or found a pattern to fit your presumption.
What is Texas Sharpshooter?
You make a claim based off evidence that is too small to have any real conclusion drawn from it
What is Hasty Generalization?
You judged something as either good or bad based on where it comes from, or from whom it came.
What is Genetic?
Fairies exist because no one has proven otherwise.
What is Burden of Proof?
Son: "Wow, Dad, it's really hard to make a living on my salary."
Father: "Consider yourself lucky, son. Why, when I was your age, I only made $40 a week."
What is Red Herring?
Roosters crow before sunrise. Therefore, roosters cause the sun to rise
What is Texas Sharpshooter?
Disproving the counterclaim
What is Rebuttal?
You are presented with two alternative states as the only possibilities, when in fact more exist
What is Black and White?
You use a personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence?
What is Anecdotal?
You assumed that one part of something had to be applied to the all, or other, parts of it; or that the whole must apply to its parts.
What is Composition/Division?
Parris said to Danforth that Proctor is guilty of witchcraft because he does not “come to church but once in a month”
What is Ad Hominem?
If someone stands up out of his seat at a baseball game, he can see better. Therefore, if everyone stands up they can all see better.
What is Composition/Division?
John doesn't drink Diet Coke. No real man avoids Diet Coke. John isn't a real man.
What is No True Scotsman?