AP Language fallacy vocab Flashcards
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| 7702118756 | (false) appeal to emotion (sentimental appeal) | uses tender emotions excessively to distract from facts a news story about a single parent and their struggles can seem to represent a whole population. |  | 0 |
| 7702124732 | Ad Hominem Argument | Fallacy where a person attacts the character of a person rather than their claim. Donald Trump repetadly calling Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" and attacking her for things not even related to politics: "If Hillary Clinton can't satisf her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy america?" This has nothing to do with Hillary's policies in the 2016 elecction, and just attacks her. |  | 1 |
| 7702227095 | appeal to probability | if something MIGHT happen, it is DEFINITELY going to happen I heard that the world might end tomorrow, so I'm preparing because it's going to happen. |  | 2 |
| 7702230605 | appeal to tradition | a fact is accepted as best because "things have always been that way" I eat 8000 calories a day because my family has done this for generations. This is my 1000 pound life. |  | 3 |
| 7702239474 | argument from authority | Using an authority as evidence in your argument when the authority is not really an authority on the facts relevant to the argument. My mom says that 2+2 is 6 so I did that on my math test. |  | 4 |
| 7702242778 | Bandwagon Appeal (argumentum ad populum) | a course of action is recommended because everyone else is doing it already (type of fallacy) diet and lifestyle fads |  | 5 |
| 7702249397 | circular argument (begging the question) | a claim is based on the very grounds that are in dispute "Rita can't be the bycicle thief; she's never stolen anything." |  | 6 |
| 7702254920 | either/or fallacy (dialysis) | To spell out alternatives, or to present either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion If you remember it, I have said enough, if not, my words will not provoke you. |  | 7 |
| 7702260333 | equivocation (ambiguity) | a fallacy of argument in which a lie is given the appearance of the truth, or the truth is misrepresented A law can be reapealed with certain authorities, and gravity is considered a law. Therefore gravity can be repealed with certain authorities |  | 8 |
| 7702267349 | Fallacies (umbrella idea) | Argumentative moves flawed by their vary nature or structure A statement that contadicts itself: (not an actual quote, I made this up) "crime has decreased over the years, and the number of prisnors in prisons has grown steadily". It contradicts itself because if crime want down, the number of people convicted should also go down. |  | 9 |
| 7702272347 | false authority | a fallacy of argument in which a claim is based on expertise of someone that lacks the credentials saying a "doctor in TV" approves smoking |  | 10 |
| 7702275000 | faulty analogy | a fallacy of argument in which a comparison between two objects is inaccurate Playing a violin and a drum is basically the same thing because they are both instruments |  | 11 |
| 7702282357 | faulty/hasty generalization | an inference drawn from insufficient evidence because my fiat broke down, all fiats are bad cars |  | 12 |
| 7702285982 | nirvana fallacy | a fallacy which compares actual things to idealistic and unreal concepts Wearing seatbelts is pointless, people are still going to die in car crashes |  | 13 |
| 7702318468 | non sequitur (cause and effect fallacy; faulty reasoning) | a fallacy of argument in which claims, reasons, or warrants fail to connect logically; one point doesn't follow from another. If you're really my friend, you'll lend me 500 dollars. |  | 14 |
| 7702329234 | Propaganda | an argument advancing a point of view without regard to reason, fairness, and truth Posters during the Cold War in the U.S. and Soviet Union |  | 15 |
| 7702332325 | Scare Tactic (appeal to force) | a fallacy argument used by exaggerating dangers or threats With the current amount of car exhaust being produced, our atmosphere is dwindling down to nothing |  | 16 |
| 7702338999 | Stacking the Deck | A fallacy that shows only one side of a story Presenting only the points of a debate that benefit side A, and show no objects that harm its cause. |  | 17 |
| 7702341914 | straw man | Substituting a person's actual position or argument with a distorted, exaggerated, or misrepresented version of the position of the argument. After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenceless by cutting military spending. |  | 18 |
| 7702352017 | syllogismus (syllogism fallacy) | The use of a remark or an image which calls upon the audience to draw an obvious conclusion Look at that man's yellow fingertips, and you tell me if he's a smoker or not |  | 19 |