AP Running notes (200-204)

Question 1

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 1

Inductive is known as a conclusion reached through reasoning. An inductive statement uses facts and instances which lead to the formation of a general opinion. This goes from specific facts to a general statement.

Question 2

Induction

Answer 2

Used to predict what may happen in the future and establish a possibility of what may happen next. This allows you to argue a point without having to prove the fact.

Question 3

Fallacy of the Slippery Slope

Answer 3

When one contends that an exceptionally minor movement will prompt great and frequently ludicrous conclusions.

Question 4

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 4

Attributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate objects of nature. The word pathetic here means “imparting emotions to something else.”

Question 5

Homily

Answer 5

A sermon or a speech that a religious person delivers to a group of people to offer to them moral correction. The main purpose of spiritual edification. It is public discourse on a moral or religious subject.