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Fallacies and such

TermDefinition
Inductive
Deductive
Syllogism
Premise Justify a conclusion
Ethos TO Appeal to ones Character
Pathos Appeal to the audiences emotions
Logos Plea or opinion
Emotional Appeals There are as many emotional appeals are there are emotions. Most common is fear.
Transfer Transferring what an ad says and comparing it to real life situations.
Bandwagon Appeal Everyone is doing it. Following the crowd.
Ellipsis Dots ...
False Dichotomy False Dilemma. Either or. Love it or List it. Either or. Love it or Leave it.
Non-Sequitor Doesn't Follow. 2 things that have no relation but are compared or used for reason.
Connotation Emotions you connect to a word
Denotation Actual definition of the word
Misleading Quotations Quoting Others Out of Context
Ad Hominem Low blowing a person during an argument instead of focusing on the problem itself
Red Herring a logical fallacy in which a clue or piece of information is or is intended to be misleading, or distracting from the actual question.
Straw Man misrepresentation of an opponent's position. Getting a bad grade but you try to change the subject to a class you pasted.
Hasty Generalizations essentially making a hasty conclusion without considering all of the variables
Stereotype To assume a person is a certain way and category
False Analogy A untrue comparison
Post Hoc 7 Years bad luck, for breaking a mirror. False cause.
Begging The Question Presuming or making an assumption
Slippery Slope give an inch they take a mile.
Misleading Statisics Statistics that show misleading information
Created by: ashbriche
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