Logic Fallacies

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Across
  1. 1. the conclusion that assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A'.
  2. 6. something that draws attention away from the main issue
  3. 7. This is a conclusion that oversimplifies the argument by reducing it to only two sides or choices.
  4. 8. A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.
  5. 9. a fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented
  6. 10. a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
Down
  1. 2. restates the argument rather than actually proving it
  2. 3. "it does not follow"; when one statement doesn't follow the first.
  3. 4. the conclusion that the writer should prove is validated within the claim
  4. 5. a fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence