AP lang fallacy study guide

inductive reasoning

specific - vague

deductive

vague - specific

fallacies

emotional appeals & flaws of reasoning

appealing to pity 

provoking sympathy in order to persuade 

bandwagon appeal

everyone else believes something so the reader should to

appealing to tradition

smthing is better/correct bc it is older & tradtional beliefs

ad hominen

speaker attacking the person rather than the statements

guilt by association

a person who rejects the claim is bc enemies like the claim

equivocating

multiple meanings in an argument

ignoring the question

irrelevent topic presented to avoid the orginal issue

straw man

twisting words around

false dilemma (either/or )

gives 2 extreme choices

slippery slope

a series of events that will end in a negative impact & is irreversible