Across
- 2. A diversion tactic that leads people away from the key or real issues.
- 6. A fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that one thing caused another when the two events happen sequentially.
- 7. An argument that assumes that the premise of the claim is true.
- 8. Happens when someone oversimplifies or misrepresents another person's argument in order to make it easier to attack.
- 9. A conclusion, or a claim, that is based on insufficiaent evidence.
- 11. occurs when a conclusion does not follow from its premises.
Down
- 1. Occurs when a person argues that an event will inevitably happen without providing any examples that this may happen.
- 3. An attack on the person, or the character of the person, rather than his or her arguments or opinions.
- 4. A fallacious argument that restates the argument or claim rather than proving it.
- 5. An argument that is based on a misleading comparison
- 10. A fallacious argument that appeals to the popularity of the claim as a eason to accept it.