Unit 4 Academic Vocabulary

Question 0

Unreasonable attack on the writers own authority or character

Answer 0

Ethical fallacy

Question 1

Unfairly appeals to a persons emotions

Answer 1

Emotional fallacy

Question 2

A fallacy that is a personal attach on a character to distract from the argument

Answer 2

Ad hominem

Question 3

A statement in support of a particular truth, fact or claim

Answer 3

Testimonial

Question 4

A fallacy in which there is an overstatement of more than is true

Answer 4

Exaggeration

Question 5

A fallacy that applies broad generalizations to a person or group which are often untrue

Answer 5

Stereotyping

Question 6

Agreeing to an argument simply based on another person who may not be fully qualified

Answer 6

Appeal to authority

Question 7

A fallacy in which a claim is based on faulty logic relating two things only bc they are in the same category

Answer 7

Categorical claim