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AP Language & Composition: Fallacy Terms Flashcards

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5404430639Logical FallacyPotential vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument0
5404432584Fallacies of RelevanceFallacies that result from using evidence that's irrelevant to the claim1
5404432585Red HerringWhen a speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic in order to avoid the topic of discussion2
5404432586Ad HominemDiversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker3
5404434953Faulty AnalogyAnalogy that is susceptible to the charge that two things are not comparable4
5404436040Fallacies of AccuracyUsing evidence that is either intentionally or unintentionally inaccurate5
5404436041Straw ManOccurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an opponent's viewpoint6
5404438882False DilemmaThe speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices7
5404440387Fallacies of InsufficiencyWhen evidence is insufficient8
5404440388Hasty GeneralizationThere is not enough evidence to support a particular conclusion9
5404442715Circular ReasoningRepeating the claim as a way to provide evidence, resulting in no evidence at all10
5404511141Post Hoc Ergo Propter HocIt is incorrect to always claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier11
5404512672Appeal to False AuthorityWhen someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue is cited as an authority12
5404512673Ad PopulumWhen evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do"13

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