FREE LITERATURE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP ENG

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FREE LITERATURE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP ENG

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Question 1: False Analogy

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A type of informal fallacy or a persuasive technique in which the fact that two things are alike in one respect leads to the invalid conclusion that they must be alike in some other respect.

Question 2: Hasty or sweeping generalization

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Is committed when a rule that is generally accepted to be correct is used incorrectly in a particular instance.

Question 3: Misleading statistic

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data points or sets that lead readers to believe something that isn't true. There are three main stages in the data analysis process where issues can occur: collection, processing, and/or presentation

Question 4: Equivocation

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Occurs when a key term or phrase in an argument is used in an ambiguous way, with one meaning in one portion of the argument and then another meaning in another portion of the argument.

Question 5: Straw Man

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a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real subject of the argument was not addressed or refuted, but instead replaced with a false one

Question 6: Appeal to Doubtful Authority

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When one uses ideas or concepts of an inexperienced person to support one's argument to enhance their authority over the audience. It is essentially a random person's opinion that is being accepted as a professional's opinion.

Question 7: Slippery slope

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when a course of action is rejected because, one insists that it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends It involves a succession of events without direct evidence that this course of events will happen

Question 8: Red Herring

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This fallacy consists in diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first.

Question 9: Non sequitur

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("it does not follow") occurs when there is not even a deceptively plausible appearance of valid reasoning, because there is an obvious lack of connection between the given premises and the conclusion drawn from them

Question 10: Begging the Question

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occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. In other words, you assume without proof the stand/position, or a significant part of the stand, that is in question. also called arguing in a circle.

Question 11: Ad Hominem

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This fallacy occurs when, instead of addressing someone's argument or position, you irrelevantly attack the person or some aspect of the person who is making the argument.

Question 12: Tu quoque

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is an informal fallacy that intends to discredit the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent's own personal behavior and actions as being inconsistent with their argument, therefore accusing hypocrisy.

Question 13: False Dilemma

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a logical fallacy that presents only two options or sides when there are many options or sides.Essentially, a false dilemma presents a "black and white" kind of thinking when there are actually many shades of gray.

Question 14: Post Hoc, ergo Propter Hoc

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an informal fallacy that states: "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X."

Question 15: Stereotyping

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Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases (specifically people) based on a sample that is inadequate

Question 16: Circular Reasoning

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a logical fallacy in which a person attempts to prove something using circular logic; they use the conclusion as evidence to show that the reasons for the very conclusion are true.