AP language- vocabulary words Flashcards

11431089666	premise	an assumption; the basis for a conclusion	0
11431117032	assumption	A belief or statement taken for granted without proof.	1
11431171078	Syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	2
11431188320	deduction	reasoning from general to specific .true facts	3
11431214976	Induction	reasoning from specific to general. to make a prediction of something you already know.	4
11567966832	bandwagon argument	arguing for a position because of its popularity	5
11567979980	ad hominem	In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas. It comes from the Latin meaning "against the man." ex: "don't listen to jim, he didnt make the football team".	6
11568048108	False Analogy	When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them.	7
11568059953	guilt by association fallacy	argument in which a speaker suggests that something is wrong with another speaker's claims by associating those claims with someone the audience finds objectionable; also called the bad company fallacy ex:"no one goes to the game because the cheerleaders are not any good".	8
11568154255	Slippery Slope	A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented ex: Legalized abortion puts us only a step away from legalizing the murder of anyone we deem undesirable or inconvenient.	9
11568181774	circular reasoning	a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence	10
11568212144	Hasty Generalization	A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence.	11
11568240199	Bandwagon	A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable.	12
11568276735	Straw Man	A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea. ex:People who oppose mandatory sentencing want convicted rapists and killers to get off scot-free.	13
11568285544	ad hominem	a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute ex:We shouldn't listen to Professor Smith's argument about affirmative action. The man is a convicted dog-beater!	14
11568291537	false comparison	a comparison of unlike things ex:The government being like a business. The president is like a CEO. Therefore, the president's chief concern should be the bottom line.	15