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Premise

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another word for assumption and reason (formal logic)

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False Analogy

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the claim of persuasive likeness when no significant likeness exists

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Least to most important organization

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starts with less strong assertion and builds up to the strongest ones in order to establish a sense of momentum and emphasize the most important points

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Dogmatism

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an ethical fallacy, a writer who attempts to persuade by asserting or assuming that a particular position is the only one conceivably acceptable within a community is trying to enforce _____. Indeed, _ is a problem of character because the tactic undermines the trust that must exist between those who would make and those who would receive arguments. In effect, people who speak or write ________ imply that there are no arguments to be made, the truth is self evident to those who know better (Lunford and Ruszkiewicz)

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Conclusion

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a third statement produced from two statements or propositions taken to be true

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Thesis

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the main assertion in an argument

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Non Sequitur

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an erroneous connection between the evidence and the conclusion

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Post hoc (ergo propter hoc)

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(Latin- after this, therefore because of this) or for short: assuming that because B follows A, B is caused by A.

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Begging the Question

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taking for granted from the start what you set you demonstrate. When you reason in a logical way, you state that because something is true, then, as a result, some other truth follows. When you __________________ however you repeat that what is true is true. If you argue, for instance that dogs are menace to people because they are dangerous, you don't prove a thing. Beggars of a question often repeat what they already believe, only in different words.

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Omission

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excluding fact that would disprove the assertion

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Faulty Assumption

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an incorrect connection between the evidence and the conclusion

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Inductive

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a method of organizing an argument by generalizing from the specific data

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Claim

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an assertion; that which needs proving

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Rebuttal

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proof that an argument or statement is wrong; the answer to an assumption, point of view, or statement with which one disagrees

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Enthymene

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a compact deductive argument

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Assumption

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provides the connection between the evidence or proof and the conclusions drawn from the proof (the unseen glue in an argument)

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Argument from doubtful or unidentified authority

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"We ought to castrate all sex offenders; Uncle Oswald says we should." The solution to an argument coming from one who is neither a reliable source of information nor an expert on the subject.

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Red Herring

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a distraction inserted into an argument

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Oversimplification

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supplying neat and easy explanations for large and complicated phenomena. "No wonder drug abuse is out of control. Look at how the courts have hobbled police officers." _____________ solutions are also popular "All these teenage kids that get in trouble with the law- why, they ought to ship 'em over to China. That would straighten 'em out."

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Hasty Generalization

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leaping to a generalization from inadequate or faulty evidence. "Men aren't sensitive enough to be day-care providers." "Women are too emotional to fight in combat."

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Syllogism

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classic outline of deduction used to test the logic of an argument

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Either/Or Reasoning

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assuming that a reality may be divided into only two parts of extremes: assuming that a given problem has only one of two possible solutions

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Analogy

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suggestion that two ideas, situations, are comparable in certain ways

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Deductive

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a method of organization arguments by drawing a conclusion based on general principle (ex: Declaration of Independence)

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Argument Ad Hominen

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(Latin "to the man")- attacking a persons view by attacking his or her character "Mayor burns is divorced and estranged from his family. How can we listen to his pleas for a city nursing home."

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Loaded Question

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Contains a controversial or unjustified assumption. "Do you no longer support the death penalty?" The assumption is that a person did support the death penalty at one time.

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Equivocation

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two meanings at the same time in one word or phrase

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Argument

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a process in which a speaker, writer or artist tries to elicit a desired response from an audience by identifying commonalities in the interest of both parties

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Assertion

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conclusion one draws based on some combination of reasons and assumptions (claims, thesis)

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Inference

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conclusion reached from something know and going on to something not fully know or observed

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False Dilemma

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an either or situation in which the writer implies that we have only two choices

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