Across
- 4. A claim that is based on faulty logic of relating two things solely because they are in the same category
- 7. If A happens, Z will happen eventually
- 8. An attack on the person rather than on the opponent's ideas
- 10. when someone takes an argument and misrepresents it so It's easier to attack
- 11. a type of circular argument where someone includes the conclusion as part of their reasoning
- 12. the use of a general statement to apply to many cases, even if they're not actually all the same
- 13. A red herring argument completely distracts listeners from the main point; it is a deliberate diversion of attention
Down
- 1. unreasonably advances a writer's opinion using their authority or character
- 2. a fallacy where someone classifies a person in an oversimplified, often uncomplimentary, way
- 3. a situation is presented as being an either/or option when in reality there are more options available
- 5. the assumption that the majority opinion is always valid, that is everyone believes it, so you should too
- 6. An appeal to nature claims that anything that is natural (or from nature) is good, and anything that is not is bad
- 9. The black and white fallacy posits that there are only two options within a given argument