Quiz #7

Question 1

This argument uses force, the threat of force, or some other unpleasant backlash to make the audience accept a conclusion

Answer 1

.Appeal to Force

Question 2

Attacking or praising the people who make an argument rather than discussing the argument itself.

Answer 2

.Argumentum Ad Hominem

Question 3

This line of thought asserts that a premise must be true because people have always believed it or done it.

Answer 3

.Appeal to Tradition

Question 4

Mistaken use of inductive reasoning when there are too few sample to prove a point.

Answer 4

.Hasty Generalization

Question 5

Relying only on comparisons to prove a point rather than arguing deductively and inductively.

Answer 5

.Faulty analogy

Question 6

Using a word in a different way than the author used it in the original premise, or changing definitions halfway through a discussion.

Answer 6

.Equivocation

Question 7

This fallacy is a result of reasoning from the properties of the parts of the whole to the properties of the whole itself – it is an inductive error.

Answer 7

.Composition

Question 8

Phrasing a question or statement in such a way as to imply another unproven statement is true without evidence or discussion.

Answer 8

.Complex Question

Question 9

A non sequitur in which the speaker argues that, once the first step is undertaken, a second or third step will inevitably follow, much like the way one step on a slipper incline will cause a person to fail and slide all the way to the bottom.

Answer 9

.Slippery Slope

Question 10

This fallacy occurs when a writer builds an argument upon the assumption that there are only two choices or possible outcomes when actually there are several.

Answer 10

.Either/ or fallacy