Unit 4 Academic Vocabulary Flashcards
Unreasonable attack on the writers own authority or character
Ethical Fallacy
Unfairly appeals to a person’s emotions
Emotion fallacy
A fallacy that is a personal attack on a character to distract from the argument
Ad Hominem
A statement in support of a particular truth, fact, or claim
Testimonial
A fallacy In which there is an overstatement of more than is true
Exaggeration
A fallacy that applies broad generalizations to a person or group which are often untrue
Stereotyping
A fallacy in which a claim is based on faulty logic relating two things only because they are on the same category
Categorical claim
Agreeing to an argument simply based on another person who may no be fully qualified
Appeal to authority
Very specific or clear to understand
Explicit Message
Uses graphics body language etc. to communicate meaning- the meaning must be inferred (implied)
Implicit message
The attitude toward a subject
Tone
Level of sophistication in the language word choice appearance and delivery of a message
Formality
Businesslike high level vocabulary very structured
Formal tone
Very personal, sometimes slang vocabulary
Informal tone
The ability to affect other people’s thinking
Influence
