AP Language terms Quiz #2 Flashcards

5101493056	dicto simpliciter	a truth might be good for only part of the audience, but you present it as if it's good for everyone (starts with truth good for some, but not all, then applied to all)	0
5101497939	post hoc	the assumption that just because one event followed another, the first event caused the second	1
5101497940	poisoning the well	Attacking the person and not the argument	2
5101503216	contradictory premises	the premises of an argument contradict each other, so there can be no argument	3
5101503217	ad misericordiam	an appeal for sympathy	4
5101507194	false analogy	An argument using an inappropriate metaphor. To help understand one thing in an argument we compare it to something else that is not at all relevant. The earth is like a watch and, just as a fine watch was made, so also the earth was made.	5
5101509781	hypothesis contrary to fact	Occurs when a person states something that isn't true or that might have happened, then draws a conclusion from those hypothetical premises.	6
5101512170	sweeping generalization	make an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited info	7
5101514460	hasty generalization	a fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence	8
5101517729	faulty analogy	fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable	9