ENC 1102 Argument and Persuasion

What are causes of illogic in argumentation?

What is it called when you attack someone's character instead of their argument? A personal attack?

What do you call an argument that assumes exactly what the argument is attempting to prove?
(Capital punishment deters crimes because it prevents criminals from committing crimes.)

What do you call oversimplification of reasoning that presents an issue in only two ways? Black and white?

What do you call intentionally using a word that has more than one meaning in order to mislead the reader or listener? ("Adjusting" some figures rather than cheating on taxes)

What is it called when you make a false comparison, like comparing apples to oranges?

What do you call it when someone jumps to a broad conclusion based on too little evidence, such as stereotyping?

What is it called when you incorrectly attribute a cause and effect relationship?

What do you call it when you lead a reader astray by bringing up a different issue as bait to capture the reader's interest and distracting them from the real issue?

What do call a false appeal to fear or suggesting that a single event or situation will trigger a series of seemingly catastrophic effects?

What is it called when you justify wrongdoing by pointing to another's wrongdoing?

What is a dangerous fallacy of asserting that God has ordered or approves one's stand point, therefore no further justification is required and no serious challenge is possible?

What is it called when an argument is said to be true because it has always been that way?

What is is called when you create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting it with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition, and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position?

What are the appeals in the Aristotelian model (in the correct order)?