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Question 1

Practical Persuasion

Answer 1

Appeal to mind

Question 2

Emotional Persuasion

Answer 2

Appeal to heart

Question 3

Persuasion by Association

Answer 3

Appeal to authority

Question 4

Fallacy

Answer 4

A failure in reasoning that results in an unfair or invalid argument

Question 5

Ad hominem

Answer 5

The ad hominem (Latin, “to the man”) fallacy occurs when a speaker/writer puts their opponent’s personhood on trial, not their opponent’s ideas.

Question 6

Testomonial

Answer 6

This fallacy puts more emphasis on prestige than on factual truth. (Prestige: widespread admiration felt for someone or something)

Question 7

Bandwagon

Answer 7

This fallacy is simple: it makes popularity equal to truth. It encourages people to “jump on a bandwagon.” When someone argues that an idea must be true because lots of people say so, this person is committing the bandwagon fallacy! This fallacy is also sometimes called the appeal to popularity.

Question 8

Red herring

Answer 8

A red herring is a deliberate attempt to divert attention from the issue at hand.

Question 9

Straw Man

Answer 9

A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real subject of the argument was not addressed or refuted, but instead replaced with a false one. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be “attacking a straw man”.

Question 10

Card Stacking

Answer 10

Choosing what evidence to share, only the stuff that benefits your argument.