Logical Fallacies and Argumentation Terms

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Across
  1. 4. appealing to the wish to be like those who are more intelligent, famous, rich, etc.
  2. 5. introducing an irrelevant issue to distract the readers or audience
  3. 6. proceeds from a general assumption to a specific conclusion
  4. 9. attacking the opponent rather than their argument
  5. 12. asserts that the opponent’s argument has no value because the opponent does not follow their own advice
  6. 13. appealing to a reader’s wish to be a part of a group
  7. 15. showing the opponent’s argument is unsound, unfair, or weak; uses evidence and cause-and-effect analysis
  8. 16. drawing a conclusion based on a false assumption
Down
  1. 1. proceeds from an individual observation to a more general conclusion
  2. 2. the basic from of an argument; includes a major premise and a conclusion
  3. 3. supporting a statement with itself; a form of begging the question
  4. 7. acknowledging that an argument is strong while also acknowledging its shortcomings
  5. 8. method of structuring arguments; describes how the argumentative strategies users leads the reader to respond the way they do
  6. 10. the meaning of a key term changes at some point in the argument
  7. 11. citing as an expert opinion the views of someone who is not an expert
  8. 14. appealing to the readers general values