Terms

Level 1

100

False Needs

What is in this fallacy, the author amplifies a perceived need or creates a completely new one.

200

Hasty generalization

What is draw conclusions too quickly without providing enough support evidence or considering all the nuances of the issue

300

Either-or argument

What is involves the oversimplification of a complicated issue

400

Stacking the evidence

What is an argument that presents only one side of an issue

500

Begging the question

What is this form of circular logic uses an argument as evidence for itself, thereby evading the issue at hand

Level 2

100

Red herring

What is some arguments employ unrelated information in order to distract the audience`s attention from the issue at hand

200

Straw man

What is the visual metaphor of the straw man effectively represents this fallacy; the writer sets up a fake or distorted representation of a counterargument so as to have something to easily argue against and to present the writers own position in a more favorable light

300

Equivocation

What is argument that fall prey to this fallacy use ambiguous terminology that misleads the audience or confuses the issue

400

False analogy

What is claims that two things resemble each other when they actually do not

500

Ad hominem

What is this strategy attempts to persuade by reducing the credibility of opposing positions through attacks on a person`s character

Level 3

100

Argument from authority

What is the writer contents to be and authority- or holds another up to be an authority- based on an over-inflated or fallacious suggestion of expertise

200

Authority over evidence

What is this mode of argument involves the practice of overemphasizing authority or ethos rather that focusing on the merits of the evidence itself