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Fallacies
Study of Fallacies (improper tools to convince in writing)
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English
Graduate
01/23/2013

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Ad hominem
Definition
an attack to someone or something rather than informing
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Ad Misericordium
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Make you feel pity to persuade
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Bandwagon Appeal
Definition
Everybody does it so should you!
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Circular Reasoning
Definition
repeating ideas that have already been said.
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Emotionally loaded terms
Definition
using words that provoke emotion to persude rather than give the reader actual information.
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false analogy
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Comparing two things that don't make sense.
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False Dilemma
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Makes reader think black and white (either this or that)
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faulty Cause and effect
Definition
Something that causes something else but really doesn't.
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Faulty use of authority
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Using someone famous to promote ideas instead of valuable information.
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Hasty generalization
Definition
generalizing individuals based on sterotypes unproven.
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Non Sequitur
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Doesn't follow or make scense.
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oversimplification
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A simple answer that isn't complete.
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Red herring
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Dazzle you instead of actual valuable ablicable information
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Slippery Slope
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A false idea that a thing will continually decline.
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