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A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning. Logical fallacies are like tricks or illusions of thought, and
they're often very sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people.
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this fallacy has the form of an appeal to emotion fallacy by leveraging fear. In effect the argument at hand is unfairly tainted by unsubstantiated conjecture.
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Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker: either claims to be
an expert or relies on information provided by experts (appeal to authority), attempts to
affect the listener's personal feelings (appeal to emotion), or attempts to persuade the
listener through use of deductive reasoning (appeal to logic)
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Recurrent syntactical similarity where several parts of a sentence or several sentences are
expressed alike to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences equal in importance. It
also adds balance, rhythm, and clarity to the sentence
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Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
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writing that attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting
reasoned arguments; persuasive writing is a form of argumentation |
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Manipulating an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.
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Sweeping generalizations occur when a writer asserts that a claim
applies to all instances instead of some.
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Latin for "after this, therefore because of this", also referred to as false cause, coincidental correlation, or correlation not causation.
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| An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt. |
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| something that is granted in response to a demand |
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two objects A and B are shown to be similar. Then it is argued that since A has property P, so also B must have property P. |
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| A quality that evokes pity or sadness. |
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| reasoning which constructs or evaluates deductive arguments |
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| research that derives its data by means of direct observation or experiment |
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| Proof of a claim scientifically/reasonably verifiable. |
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| Literary work in which characters, events, objects, and ideas have secondary or symbolic meanings. |
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| an argument that says something should be done a certain way simply because it has always been done that way. |
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| The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. |
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| a fallacy in logical argumentation |
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| Able to be believed; convincing. |
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| The foundation for an argument, a belief, or an action; a basis. |
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| Refutation (counterargument) |
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| An argument in opposition to another. |
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| A strongly held opinion; a conviction |
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| Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument or the arguments themselves. |
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Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.
a trend |
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| Language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere, or intellectually vacuous |
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| The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause. |
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| incorrect reasoning in arguments resulting in a misconception |
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| counter proposition to the original statement |
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| when an idea is expressed by a denial of its opposite, principally via double negatives |
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| evidence presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party |
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| the misleading use of a word |
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| denotes the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, a nation or an ideology |
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| tools used to store and deliver information or data |
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| The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive |
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| The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning |
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| A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true |
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| The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs |
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