narrative techniques+logical fallacies Flashcards
narrative hook
story opening that “hooks” readers’ attention, so they will keep reading.
rabbit hole
a point in a story where it goes off topic for a while unnecessarily
backstory (cousin to flashback)
past events or background that add meaning to current circumstances. usually focuses on the background of one or two people not the whole scene
vacillation
when a narrator goes in one direction and then suddenly going in a different direction. this back and forth keeps the audience waffling on a topic
cut up technique
a technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. most commonly, cut ups are a non linear alternative to traditional reading and writing
unreliable narrator
the narrator of the story is not sincere or introduces a bias in his/her narration, and possibly misleads the reader, hiding or minimizing events, characters, or motivations
ad hominem
when someone attacks the person instead of refuting someone’s argument
red herring
when the speaker misleads or attempts to distract someone from the main argument
non sequitur
“does not follow”, any argument that fails to make a connection between evidence and conclusion
hasty generalization
a claim based solely on not enough evidence, jumping to conclusions
either or(false dilemma or false dichotomy)
presents only 2 options when there are many others to choose from
circular reasoning (begging the question)
makes a claim based on evidence that requires one to already accept that the claim is true
straw man
someone argues that a person holds a view that is not actually what the other person believes, it’s a distorted version of it
bandwagon
argues that one must accept or reject an argument because of everyone else who accepts it or rejects it- similar to peer pressure
post hoc (faulty cause)
where on reasons that since an event occurred before another, then the first event caused the other.
