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| 5054845293 | appeal to tradition | A proposal that something should continue because it has traditionally existed or been done that way | 0 | |
| 5054846703 | concession | A literary device used in argumentative writing where one acknowledges a point made by one's opponent | 1 | |
| 5054846704 | credibility | The audience's belief in the arguer's trustworthiness; ethos | 2 | |
| 5054848328 | deduction | Reasoning by which we establish that a conclusion must be true because the statements on which we base it are true; syllogism | 3 | |
| 5054848329 | fallacy | An error of reasoning based on faulty use of evidence or incorrect inference | 4 | |
| 5054850678 | faulty emotional appeal | Basing an argument on feelings, especially pity or fear- often to draw attention away from the real issues or conceal another purpose | 5 | |
| 5054851675 | faulty use of authority | Failing to acknowledge disagreement among experts or otherwise misrepresenting the trustworthiness of sources | 6 | |
| 5054852902 | generalization | A statement of general principle derived inferentially from a series of examples | 7 | |
| 5054852903 | hasty generalization | Drawing conclusions from insufficient evidence | 8 | |
| 5054856718 | induction | Reasoning by which a general statement is reached on the basis of particular examples | 9 | |
| 5054856719 | qualifier | A restriction placed on the claim to state that it may not always be true as stated | 10 | |
| 5054858534 | refutation | An attack on an opposing view in order to weaken it, invalidate it, or make it less credible | 11 | |
| 5054858535 | slanting | Selecting facts or words with connotations that favor the arguer's bias and discredit alternatives | 12 | |
| 5054860415 | social commentary | The act of using rhetorical (written, visual, or auditory) means to provide commentary on issues in society | 13 | |
| 5054860416 | style | Choices in words and sentence structure that make a writer's language distinctive | 14 |
