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10th Grade
01/29/2013

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Fallacies
Definition
a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief
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Slippery Slope
Definition
a dangerous and irreversible course
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Appeal
Definition
an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, 
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Parallelism
Definition
The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them side by side and making them similar in form.
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Bias
Definition
a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that preventsunprejudiced consideration of a question;
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Argument of Fact
Definition
Whether something exist or not; Whether claims made about something are true.
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Sentimental Appelas
Definition
Use emotion to distract the audience from the facts.
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Hasty Generalization 
Definition
 is an informal fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.
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Post hoc, ergo proctor hoc
Definition
after this, therefore because of this
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Claim
Definition
to demand by or as by virtue of a right;
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Concession
Definition
the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or apoint or fact in an argument
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Faulty Analogy 
Definition
This fallacy consists in assuming that because two things are alike in one or more respects, they are necessarily alike in some other respect.
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Pathos
Definition
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature,music, speech, or other forms of  expressionof evoking a feelingof pity or compassion.
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Inductive Logic
Definition
In the process of induction, you begin with some data, and then determine what general conclusions can logically be derived from your data
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Deductive Logic
Definition
 In the process of deduction, you begin with some statements, called 'premises', that are assumed to be true, you then determine what else would have to be true if the premises are true
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Logical Evidence
Definition
is proving by facts and clear rationale.
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Empirical Evidence
Definition
is information that justifies a belief in the truth or falsity of an empirical claim
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Inductive Knowledge
Definition
is a kind of reasoning that constructs or evaluates general propositions that are derived from specific examples.
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Deductive Knowledge
Definition
Principals based on facts
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Anecdotal Evidence
Definition
Experience based on knowledge
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Ad Hominem
Definition
Latin for: to the man. When a claim or arguement is rejected because of some irrelevant fact.
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Culture
Definition
Quality of a person or society
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Logical Fallacy
Definition
A flaw in a an arguement that weakens it.
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Credible
Definition
Able to be believable.
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Grounds
Definition
Basis of an arguement
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Refutation (Counterargument)
Definition
Other side (counter) of the arguement.
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Persuasion
Definition
Convincing someone in an arguement.
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Logos
Definition
Logic in an arguement.
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Bandwagon
Definition
Majority Side
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Propaganda
Definition
Rumor spread deliberately spread to help or harm someone.
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Proposal
Definition
Suggest.
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Either/or Fallacy
Definition
When one gives only two options. 
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Antithesis
Definition
Counter-Proposition
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Litotes
Definition
Ironical underestatement
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Rebuttal
Definition
Contradiction
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Equivocation
Definition
Evading a statement or question.
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Ethos
Definition
Ethics
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Media
Definition
Means of communication.
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Euphemism
Definition
Word or phrase that stands for another.
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Paradox
Definition
Statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true.
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Anaphora
Definition
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive phrase or clauses.
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Irony
Definition
A meaning opposite the word.
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Rhetoric
Definition
Persuasive effect on the audience.
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