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Arguments
words for English class 6th period Rafael Rosario
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English
9th Grade
01/29/2013

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fallacies
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an often plausible argument using false or invalid inference
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slippery slope
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a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences
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appeal
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the power of arousing a sympathetic response
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parallelism
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repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect
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bias
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when you express an opinion from a certain point of view
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argument of fact
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this challanges if something is real or not or if a claim is true.
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sentimental appeal
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appealing to someones emotions 
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hasty generalization
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generalizing a whole group of people by a certain factor.
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post hoc, ergo proctor hoc
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after this therefor because of this
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claim
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to say something and act likes its a fact

 

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concession
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admitting a point claimed in an argument
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faulty analogy
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an analogy that is not true
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pathos

 

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appealing to emotional feelings

 

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inductive logic
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general example to specific example
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deductive logic
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from specific to general reasoning
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logical evidence
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prove of claim and evidence to go with it
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empirical evidence
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something based on empirical evidence
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anecdotal evidence
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based on consisting reports and observations
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ad hominem
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you insult the person doing the arguing instead of the subject
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culture
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the race, religion, family, and how you were raised
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logical fallacy
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fallacies that make it sense
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credible 
Definition
being believed
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grounds
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what side you stand on (positive/negative)
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refutaion
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the act of refuting
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persuasion
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trying to convince someone about something
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logos
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appealing the logical feelings for someone
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bandwagon
Definition
do something because everyone is doing it
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rhetoric
Definition
saying something but not meaning it
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propaganda
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using posters, commercials, and other advertising for trying to get you to do something
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proposal
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saying if you do something they will do something for you
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either/or fallacy 
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"do this or that"
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antithesis
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a counter thesis statement
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litotes
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doing double negatives
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rebuttal
Definition
argueing with someone after they made an arguement
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equivocation
Definition
avoid commiting yourself to something
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ethos
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appealing to someones ethical appeal
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media
Definition
mass communication
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euphemism
Definition
saying something that means something else
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irony 
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saying something but your body language saying something else
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paradox
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when something does something that doesnt make sense
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anaphora
Definition
trying to avoid repitition
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