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Which fallacy? I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids
Bandwagon
Which fallacy? Either you stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance, or you must be a communist
Either/Or
Which fallacy? My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him
Ad Hominem
Which fallacy? If I don’t take this hard class, then I won’t do well on the ACT. If I don’t do well on the ACT, then no college. If there's no college, then I’ll live in my parents' basement forever.
Slippery Slope
Which fallacy? There is definitely a link between autism and the vaccines given to toddlers. I know this because a Wikipedia entry mentioned numerous studies that found this to be true:
Appeal to False Authority
the art of using language effectively and persuasively
Rhetoric
A statement put forth for or against a point and supported by evidence
claim
appealing to credibility or shared values
Ethos
an appeal based on emotion.
Pathos
an appeal based on logic or reason
Logos
an issue, problem, or event that motivates someone to write or speak their argument
Exigence
Facts, figures, data, personal examples, quotes from a text, etc to support a claim
Evidence
a point given up or agreed to in an opposing argument
concession
a refutation or contradiction of an opponent's point/counterargument
Rebuttal
recognizing or anticipating a point on the opposing side (and then hopefully arguing against it)
counterargument
In an argument, words like usually, probably, maybe, in most cases, and most likely to limit the claim, making it less absolute.
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