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Logical Fallacies
Rhetorical Modes
Satire
General Rhetoric
Wild Card
100
Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate (usually because it is atypical or just too small).
What is Hasty Generalization
100
a conversation, a discussion, wherein two or more people assist one another in finding the answers to difficult questions. Why did Socrates proceed in this manner?  Despite his many claims of ignorance Socrates understood better than those with whom he spoke that it was not enough simply to "learn" facts, to memorize lessons, or to parrot lectures. To know truly, to seek wisdom, one must work toward understanding. 
What is Socratic Method or Question and Answer
100
a literary genre that uses irony, wit, and sometimes sarcasm to expose humanity’s vices and foibles, giving impetus, or momentum, to change or reform through ridicule.
What is Satire
100
Appeal to logic or words.
What is Logos.
100
The date and time of your AP Exam.
When is May 11th, 2016, 8 AM.
200
Often we add strength to our arguments by referring to respected sources or authorities and explaining their positions on the issues we're discussing.
What is Appeal to Authority.
200
“Gregory is my gray Persian cat. He walks with pride and grace, performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer…Gregory may snuggle up against your ankle, begging to be petted, or he may imitate a skunk and stain your favorite trousers."
What is Description.
200
the use of words intended to belittle a person or idea and arouse contemptuous laughter.
What is Ridicule
200
Appeal to the audience/emotion.
What is Pathos.
200
The minutes allotted for the multiple choice portion of the AP English Language and Composition Exam.
What is 60 minutes.
300
The arguer claims that a sort of chain reaction, usually ending in some dire consequence, will take place, but there's really not enough evidence for that assumption.
What is Slippery Slope
300
“Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest.  Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood…”
What is Narration
300
This kind of satire is written in a more serious manner and uses dignified language to attack erroneous thinking or vice. Hash.
What is Juvenalian.
300
He is the father of rhetoric.
Who is Aristotle.
300
The minimum score you need for college credit.
What is 3.
400
One way of making our own arguments stronger is to anticipate and respond in advance to the arguments that an opponent might make. The arguer sets up a wimpy version of the opponent’s position and tries to score point by knocking it down.
What is Straw Man
400
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What is Compare/Contrast
400
a mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (irony of situation), conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation.
What is Irony
400
Appeal to credibility/speaker.
What is Ethos.
400
The number of sources provided for the synthesis writing portion of the exam.
What is 6.
500
Assuming that because B comes after A, A caused B.
What is Post Hoc
500
is “a statement expressing the essential nature of something”.
What is Description.
500
This kind of satire tends to ridicule human folly in general or by type rather than attack specific persons.
What is Horatian
500
This type of argument takes two sides and negotiates from them a happy middle.
What is Rogerian Argument.
500
The total amount of time for the writing portion of the AP exam.
What is 2 hours and 15 minutes.