AP Language and Literature- Fallacies Flashcards

10902776554	Ad Hominem	Attacking a person or their character, rather than their argument or reasoning	0
10902793571	Ad Populum	Attempting to swap popular support by appealing to sentimental weakness, rather than facts	1
10902804874	Appeal to Authority	Arguing that since an authority (not necessarily an expert in the matter, either) thinks something, it must be true	2
10902845699	Appeal to Ignorance	Asserting a clam is true because it has not yet been proven false	3
10902853175	Appeal to Fear	Attempting to create support for an idea using deception and propaganda in attempts to increase fear and prejudice towards the competition	4
10902882823	Bandwagon	Claiming something is true because most people believe it	5
10902895578	Black/White; Either/Or	Suggesting that only two options exist when, in reality, there are several options	6
10902911289	Circular Reasoning	Using evidence that hasn't been proven in order to prove something else, then using that something else to prove the original claim	7
10902934707	Faulty Analogy	Assuming that because two things are alike in one respect, they are alike in all respects	8
10902943975	Hasty Generalization	Using small numbers or percentages to represent a whole	9
10902959361	Moral Equivalence	Arguing that serious wrongdoings are the same as minor offenses; comparison that doesn't work because one problem/decision is far greater or worse than others	10
10902994024	Non Sequitur	Making a conclusion that doesn't follow based on the evidence provided	11
10903005363	Red Herring	Diverting attention from something (usually something the arguer wants to avoid) by changing the subject to something else	12
10903020511	Slippery Slope	Arguing that if one thing happens, a series of bad things will follow	13
10903031698	Straw Man	Misrepresenting a scenario, then attacking that to make the opponent look bad	14