Across
- 3. comparing two things that are nothing alike leads to faulty conclusions
- 6. rejecting or criticizing another point of view based on personal characteristics, ethnic background, etc
- 7. occurs when the conclusion is assumed to be true in the argument's premises-based on assumption rather than on concrete evidence
- 9. argument that uses confusion or distraction to shift attention away from a topic and toward a false conclusion
- 10. rather than answering the question that has been asked, you shift the focus and supply an unrelated argument
- 11. when a word, phrase, or sentence is used deliberately to confuse, deceive, or mislead
Down
- 1. attacks a different subject rather than the one being discussed
- 2. assumes something is true (or right or good) because others agree with it
- 4. the misuse of an authority's opinion to support an argument
- 5. assumes that a certain cause of action will necessarily lead to a chain of future events
- 8. assume a faulty casual relationship-one event following another in time - does not mean first even caused later one