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Flaws
Vocab
Bellringers
Appeals
Bonus
100
Of course America should sign international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other countries have...
What is Tu Quoque?
100
Main idea of argument
What is conclusion?
100
Hot dogs are sold in packages of 8 and buns are sold in packages of 12. I bought just enough packages of each to have the same amount of hot dogs and buns. There were this many items on my store receipt.
What is 5 items?
100
Justifies a conclusion by popularity alone
What is appeal to popularity
100
___ is the reason in the following sentence. "Carlos Adducci should encourage singers. People at the top of their professions should do some good for those starting out."
What is Carlos Adducci should encourage singers.
200
Australian researchers have shown that genetically-modified peas trigger allergic reactions in some people. Genetically modified crops are simply too dangerous for human consumption.
What is hasty generalization?
200
Reason(s) supporting a conclusion for or against a point of view
What is argument?
200
At the golf course where Lee works it costs $11 for most people to have a game of golf, but senior citizens only have to pay $9. Golfers who arrive early put the fee in an honesty box that Lee opens when he arrives at 9 am. There was $124 in the box this morning, meaning this amount of senior citizens played
What is 4?
200
Suggests that because something has happened before, it will happen again.
What is appeal to history
200
The following is either an argument or not an argument. "Technology change should be embraced with open arms. Technology has changed an enormous amount over the last 100 years. Technology such as CCTV can restrict our privacy"
What is not an argument
300
If the school introduces a zero tolerance policy on poor behavior, students will start to behave well.
What is oversimplifying casual relationships?
300
Implicit claims based off of unknown information and hoping for the best
What is assumption?
300
Next leap year my birthday is on a Friday the 13th. This is the chance that the month it is in has five Sundays.
What is Certain?
300
It is right to go to war, the prime minister says so.
What is appeal to authority
300
Name the counter argument in the following sentence. "Although it's very tempting to take CD's from the shop without paying for them, it's a stupid idea to actually do this. If you take CD's from the shop without paying for them you could get a criminal record. Having a criminal record could affect your job prospects.
What is "Although it's very tempting to take CD's from the shop.."
400
We must increase the number of speed cameras on the roads or accept increasing road deaths. Therefore, we must increase the number of speed cameras.
What is restricting options?
400
Everything that is used to determine the truth of the claim
What is evidence?
400
A painter is given the task of painting numbers on the door in a street. There are one hundred houses. This amount shows how many times he has to paint the number 7.
What is 20?
400
We've always left weak infants on the mountainside to die. So we should carry on doing that.
What is appeal to tradition
400
The ___ sentence is the conclusion in the following: "infomia can seriously interfere with your work performance: research carried out by the institute of psychiatry says that distractions caused by emails and telephones results in an extreme distraction and loss of focus from a worker. So if you want to work at your best, do not constantly check emails and texts.
What last
500
Every time the postman comes to our door, our dog barks. When the dog barks, the postman goes away. The dog believes that her barking defends us from the postman.
What is post hoc?
500
Should one event occur, other harmful events will as well
What is slippery slope?
500
If a cork and bottle cost $2.10, and the bottle cost $2.00 more than the cork, this is the amount the cork costs.
What is $2.05?
500
Winston Churchill used this appeal to win over Americans
What is appeal to emotion
500
The following uses ___ evidence: "Changing a 60W traditional light bulb to an 11W low energy light bulb will save the average house holder $8.58 per light bulb per year, 30 kg of CO2, and save two trees
What is numerical