AP language Flashcards

3795750495	Red herring	Changing the subject to avoid the topic	0
3795750496	Ad hominem	Changing the argument towards the character of the speaker	1
3795750497	Bandwagon (ad populem)	"Everyone is doing it so it must be a good thing to do	2
3795750498	Appeal to false authority	When someone with no expertise on an issue is cited as an authority	3
3795750499	Faulty analogy	Occurs when an analogy compared two things that are not comparable	4
3795750500	Staw man	When a speaker chooses a poor example to ridicule and refute an idea	5
3795750501	Begging the question	A claim that is based on evidence or support that is in doubt	6
3795750502	Circular reasoning	When the reader repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence	7
3795750503	False dilemma	Speaker presents two extreme options as the only two choices	8
3795750504	Post hoc ergo prompter hoc	It is incorrect to always claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier	9
3795750505	Hasty generalization	A faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence	10