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8 Cards in this Set
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Red Hearing |
Def: You are discussion a topic and then another topic is brought up and the original topic is forgotten. Ex: Say I was getting in trouble for not taking the trash out but I say that I did the dishes and they forget about me not taking the trash out. |
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Appeal to Popularity |
Def: Based on what most people do, it is probably the way to go. Ex: Most people like to drink, so drinking is the way to go. |
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Straw Man |
Def: If someone has a position. Then another person presents another position. Therefore the second position is false/incomplete/flawed. Ex: |
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False Dilemma |
Def: Claiming that one position is true when the other claims that their position is true when both positions could be false. Ex: If I claim that there is going to be more homework in math out of all our classes and someone else claims that we are going to have more homework in English when we actually had the most homework in biology. |
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Appeal to Tradition |
Def: If you have always done something that way, then that way must be the best. Ex: We always have Christmas at my grandmas but its getting to crowded but my family won't change it because its tradition. |
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Ad Hominem |
Def: When you attack an argument because of the person who made it. Ex: Politicians attack arguments of other politicians to make them look better and for the other person to look worse. |
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Slippery Slope |
Def: If an event has occurred or is going to occur and is going to be an effect on another event. Ex: If I receive an F on a paper, then my final grade is going to result in a overall lower grade. |
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Appeal To Emotion |
Def: Something that you gain emotion to. Ex: I want people to buy my brand of blankets so i'm going to put a big soft teddy bear on my commercial to give them emotion to my product. |
