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| 5874092148 | Argument | a statement put forth and supported by evidence; synonymous with a claim | 0 | |
| 5874094766 | Assertion | an emphatic statement; declaration | 1 | |
| 5874119869 | Bias | prejudice or predisposition toward one side of a subject or issue | 2 | |
| 5874098133 | Claim | an assertion, usually supported by evidence | 3 | |
| 5874110738 | Concede | a reluctant acknowledgement or yielding | 4 | |
| 5874103305 | Counterargument | a challenge to a position; an opposing argument | 5 | |
| 5874140344 | Inference | a conclusion reached based on logical evidence and reasoning | 6 | |
| 5874115946 | Refute | to discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument | 7 | |
| 5874118043 | Rebuttal | a refutation, or a contradiction | 8 | |
| 5874109071 | Thesis | the central idea in a work to which all parts of the work refer | 9 | |
| 7249309763 | Logic | the use and study of valid reasoning | 10 | |
| 7249310399 | Rhetoric | the study of effective, persuasive language use; according to Aristotle, use of the "available means of persuasion" | 11 | |
| 7249312249 | Ethos | A Greek term referring to the character of a person; an appeal to character; used to establish trust and credibility | 12 | |
| 7249313809 | Logos | A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic | 13 | |
| 7249315791 | Pathos | A Greek term referring to "suffering" or "pity"; an emotional appeal | 14 | |
| 7249318405 | Rhetorical appeals | ethos, logos, and pathos; when used in a balanced form, they create a sound argument | 15 | |
| 7249320562 | Analogy | comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification; metaphors and similes are specific types | 16 | |
| 7249322490 | Deductive reasoning | the process of reasoning from one or more statements to reach a logically certain conclusion; synonymous with syllogism; general to specific | 17 | |
| 7249324591 | Inductive reasoning | reasoning in which the premises seek to supply strong evidence for (not absolute proof of) the truth of the conclusion; specific to general | 18 | |
| 7249327101 | Premise | a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion; in logic, an argument requires at least two of these before reaching the conclusion | 19 | |
| 7249330184 | Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view | 20 | |
| 7249332325 | Syllogism | Greek for "conclusion," or "inference"; A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion | 21 | |
| 7282576601 | Logical Fallacy | common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument | 22 | |
| 7282589488 | Begging the Question | a logical fallacy in which the writer simply restates the claim in a different way (also called a circular argument) | 23 | |
| 7282594745 | Enthymeme | an argumentative statement in which the writer or the speaker omits one of the major or minor premises, does not clearly pronounce it, or keeps the premise implied; however, the omitted premise in the statement remains understandable even if not clearly expressed | 24 | |
| 7282599448 | Equivocation | a half-truth, or a statement that is partially correct but that purposefully obscures the entire truth | 25 | |
| 7282600997 | False Analogy | an argument based on misleading, superficial, or implausible comparisons | 26 | |
| 7282603671 | Hasty Generalization | drawing faulty conclusions based on insufficient evidence | 27 | |
| 7282605852 | Non Sequitur | arguments that do not follow a logical sequence. The conclusion doesn't logically follow the explanation. An important logical step may be missing in such a claim | 28 | |
| 7282616575 | Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc | arguments that assume a faulty causal relationship. One event following another in time does not mean that the first event caused the later event | 29 | |
| 7327017719 | Ad hominem | Latin for "to the man"; an argument in which the speaker attacks an opponent's motives or character rather than the policy or position he/she maintains | 30 | |
| 7327020626 | False Authority | a tactic used by many writers, especially in advertising, asking audiences to agree with the assertion of the writer based simply on his/her character or the authority of another person or institution who may not be fully qualified to offer that assertion | 31 | |
| 7327027353 | Straw man | an argument based on misrepresentation of the opponent's argument in order to defeat him/her | 32 | |
| 7327031840 | Bandwagon (ad populum) | argument that encourages an audience to agree with the writer because everyone else is doing so | 33 | |
| 7327035156 | Either/or reasoning OR False dilemma | when the writer reduces an argument or issue to only two possible courses of action and ignores any alternatives (only two ways to view the issue; black and white; no gray) | 34 | |
| 7327038860 | Invective or Polemic | "attack with words" or "warlike, hostile"; insulting, abusive or highly critical language; can be directed at a person, idea, concept, or system; name-calling | 35 | |
| 7327045936 | Red herring | an argument used to refer to something that misleads or distracts from the relevant or important issue | 36 | |
| 7327049135 | Slippery slope | an argument that suggests that one step in the wrong direction will inevitably lead to more negative steps | 37 |
