Final Logic Vocabulary Test
Across
- 2. Something that distracts from the real issue
- 4. Broad assumptions about a group using too small a sample
- 5. Dismissing someone's view on an issue because they are inconsistent in that thing
- 7. Presenting a message over and over hoping it will be believed
- 10. Pressure to accept an opinion because everyone else is
- 12. Standard by which something may be judged
- 14. Condemning an argument for where it began, how it began or who started it
- 15. Going after the opponent's character and not their argument
- 17. Examination of two or more things or people to show similarities or differences
- 20. Using scare tactics to motivate people to accept an idea
Down
- 1. Any strategy for spreading beliefs or ideas
- 3. Accepted as true or certain, without proof
- 6. Logically correct
- 8. Investigate
- 9. "Hurry up" and agree; time is running out
- 11. Changing an opponents position to easily knock it down
- 13. That which proves or disproves; proof
- 16. Faulty reasoning, unsound argument
- 18. A problem involving a difficult choice
- 19. A reason for doing something
- 20. Explanation by a suspect as to where they were during a crime