Fallacies

Theme: Fallacies

Match each term with the correct definition.

Date:

E 1. Fallacy

G 2. Bandwagon

K3. Slippery Slope

@ 4. Non Sequitur

#_5. Hasty Generalization

L 6. Begging the Claim

h7. Genetic

_C 8. Post hoc

₽ 9. Circular Argument

M 10. either or

F 11. ad hominem

_A 12. Red Herring

_ 13. Guilt by Association

14. Flattery

D_ 15. Straw Man

T 16. Veiled Threat

_I 17. Authority

A. False information meant to throw off the reader

B. When a person uses flattery to win support for their side of the argument

C. When a person believes an event that happened before a second event must've caused the second event

D. When a person takes another's argument, makes extreme changes, and argues with the extreme version

E. Mistaken belief.

F. When a person ignores the argument another is making to attack the person instead

G. The belief that since an idea is popular, everyone should just adopt it

H. When someone makes a claim on too little evidence

I. A famous person believes it so it must be true," or if your endorser doesn't have anything to do with the topic of your argument.

J. When a person tries to discourage people from supporting the opposition by threatening violence

K. When someone believes an event will led to another worse event and so on

L. When a person unjustly assumes a premise is true in order to prove their claim

M. When a person claims there are only two sides to an argument when there are more

N. When a person accepts/rejects a claim based on origin instead of content

O. When a thought or idea is connected/associated with something negative

P. When the argument uses evidence as part of the argument itself

Q. When a conclusion doesn't make sense given the evidence before it