Across
- 2. The use of qualifier words or phrases to make someone or something look less important or significant. ("So-called skeptics." "She got her 'degree' from a correspondence school." "Passed only two bills while in office.")
- 5. A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented
- 6. a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence
- 8. The use of language that suggests the subject is worthy of scorn. The language seeks to evoke a laugh or sarcastically mock the subject.
- 9. inaccurate or inconsequential comparisons between objects or concepts
- 12. the use of language to imply that a particular inference is justified, as if saying "go ahead and read between the lines"
- 13. a fallacy in which a speaker mistakenly assumes that because one event follows another, the first event is the cause of the second
- 14. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Down
- 1. Expressing an opinion as if it were fact, and doing so in biased language.
- 3. The use of emotively charged language to express or elicit an attitude about something. A classic example is defining capital punishment as "government-sanctioned murder."
- 4. Hinting that proof exists to support a claim without actually citing that proof. For example: Ads often say that "studies show," and tabloids often say "according to an insider.
- 7. A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.
- 10. An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid
- 11. a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute