Across
- 4. Presenting only two options or outcomes when more possibilities exist.
- 7. Generalization Making a broad claim based on insufficient or unrepresentative evidence.
- 9. Suggesting that something is true or correct because it’s popular or because "everyone else is doing it."
- 12. Introducing irrelevant information or distractions to divert attention from the main issue.
- 13. Claiming something is true because an authority figure says so, even if the authority isn’t an expert in the topic.
- 14. A conclusion or statement that doesn’t logically follow from the previous argument or evidence.
Down
- 1. Restating the argument rather than providing evidence to support it.
- 2. Persuading by appealing to the audience's emotions instead of presenting logical arguments.
- 3. Misrepresenting or oversimplifying someone’s argument to make it easier to attack.
- 5. Assuming a cause-and-effect relationship without sufficient evidence to support it.
- 6. Using fear to influence people’s opinions or actions rather than logical reasoning.
- 8. Attacking the person making an argument rather than addressing the argument itself.
- 10. Arguing that one action or decision will inevitably lead to a chain of negative events without evidence to support that inevitability.
- 11. Assuming that because one event follows another, the first caused the second.