Rhetorical Fallacies

this term refers to the diversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker; Latin for "against the man"

• ad populum

• appeal to false authority

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

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This fallacy occurs when someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue is cited as an authority:

• deduction

• straw man

• syllogism

• appeal to false authority

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This fallacy occurs when evidence is boiled down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be right:"

• ad populum

• circular reasoning

• claim of value

• faulty analogy

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A fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence:

• claim of fact

• Rogerian argument

• Toulmin Model

• circular reasoning

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the logical process of reaching a conclusion by beginning with a universal truth and applying it to a specific case

• ad populum

• ad hominem

• deduction

• syllogism

This is a fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable

(comparing apples & oranges):

• faulty analogy

• appeal to false authority

• classical oration

• ad populum

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an approach to analyzing and constructing arguments using British philosopher's temple:

"Because (evidence of support), therefore (claim), since (warrant or assumption), on account of (backing), unless (reservations:

• Rogerian argument

• Toulmin model

• Kennedy method

• Chillin' with Churchill

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A logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion

• hasty generalization

• straw man

• syllogism

• logical fallacy

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This type of argument, developed by a psychiatrist, is based on the assumption that having a full understanding of an opposing position is essential to responding to it persuasively & refuting it in a way that is accommodating rather that alienating

• Hoffman

• Toulmin

• Rogerian

• Shakespearean

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This is a fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea

• the tin man

• straw man

• Dorothy

• Auntie Em

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