Across
- 3. Someone supports a statement simply by repeating it in different words
- 5. When someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way
- 7. Using a celebrity or authority figure’s name to support an issue which if not really his or her expertise
- 8. A fallacy where people encourage you to do something because everyone else is doing it
- 10. Occurs when the arguer reaches a conclusion that does not follow logically from the “proof” offered to support it
Down
- 1. An argument built on the idea/conclusion that a small step will lead to a larger chain of events
- 2. When a person makes sweeping statements based on too little or biased evidence
- 4. A fallacy is an error of reasoning. These are flawed statements that often sound true
- 6. When the arguer attacks the person and not the argument.
- 9. When someone makes the mistake of assuming that because one event occurred after another event, the first event caused the second one to occur.