Fallacious Arguments

Question 0

Snob appeal

Answer 0

Appeals to people’s desire for prestige and exclusivity

Question 1

Appeal to authority

Answer 1

Appeals to an authority who is not an expert on the issue under discussion

Question 2

Appeal to fear

Answer 2

Implicitly threatens the audience

Question 3

Appeal to pity

Answer 3

Attempts to win sympathy

Question 4

Begging the question

Answer 4

Offers no actual support; may restate as a premise the conclusion in different words

Question 5

Double standard

Answer 5

Judges and labels the same act differently depending on the person or group who performs the act

Question 6

Equivocation

Answer 6

Shifts the meaning of a term within a single argument

Question 7

Fallacious argument

Answer 7

Persuasive but does not logically support its conclusion

Question 8

False analogy

Answer 8

Compares 2 or more things that are not in essence simila and suggests that since they share certain characteristics, they share others as well

Question 9

False cause

Answer 9

Claims a casual relationship between events solely on the basis of a chronological relationship

Question 10

False dilemma

Answer 10

Presents two and oy two alternatives for consideration when other possibilities exist

Question 11

Hasty generalization

Answer 11

Generalizes from a sample that is too small or in some other way unrepresentative of the target population

Question 12

Personal attack

Answer 12

Attacks the person representing the argument rather than the argument itself

Question 13

Poisoning the well

Answer 13

Makes an assertion that will j timid are the audience and therefore discourage an open discussion

Question 14

Red herring

Answer 14

Shifts the discussion from the issue to a different topic

Question 15

Slippery slope

Answer 15

Claims that an action should be avoided because it will lead to a series of extrmey undesirable consequences

Question 16

Straw man

Answer 16

Creates and then attacks a distorted version of the oppositions argument