Question 1

-Failed to find or mention evidence that would be negative to their argument

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Suppressed Evidence

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-Why: can be sloppy, not bring up cause negative effect

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-Overlooking the facts

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-Must know something about the matter to make this charge

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-How to charge: 1. Know the conclusion submitted 2. Know the missing piece of evidence and 3. How the missing evidence bears negative to conclusion

Question 6

can identify an outright contradiction in something a person has said

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Inconsistency

Question 7

-Premises do not sufficiently support the conclusion

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Hasty Conclusion

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-How to charge: 1. Correctly identify conclusion 2. Correctly identify the premises offered in support of conclusion 3. Specific reason why conclusion is hasty.

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-Not questioning truth of premises/data

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-Questioning EVEN IF premises true, they're just not strong enough to establish the conclusion

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-Mistaken reasoning about causes

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Questionable Cause

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-How to charge: 1. State relationship they claim exists 2. Why specifically YOU think their evidence does not support the claim or the claim is false

Question 13

-Two items not similar enough

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Questionable Analogy

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-How to charge: 1. Identify what two things are being compared 2. What specific things are to be taken similar by the analogy and 3. What the differences are between the two things

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-The differences that are relevant are determined by reference to the conclusion, not just any difference will do.

Question 16

-How a given term is used by a particular linguistic community

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Lexical

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-Could leave out information

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-Too broad (too into definition)- it applies to MORE things, than the term is being defined as

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too narrow (leaves out information)- it applies to FEWER things than the term is being defined as

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The way the term functions

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-Can be false- "casa" in spanish means "briefcase"

Question 22

-Term used as an ABBREVIATION for a longer expression

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Stipulative

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-Sake of convenience

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-Hardly likely to enhance communication

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-Reader often confused of what abbreviation means what

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-Meant to introduce a term to serve as a conveniently shorter expression to replace the long one

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-Person decides what meaning to give term could make communication difficult if word already has a meaning

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-A way of expressing a scientific, religious, or moral point of view

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Persuasive

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-Leaves out motivation

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-How a term or symbol ought to be used

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-Prescribe a meaning for the term

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-Revise the way we think, arguing the point of view

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-Specify procedures for relating an "abstract" concept into something that can be measured, counted, or perceived by some operation

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Precising

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-Make crucial things clearer

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-Need to make precise

Question 36

-Range of examples, could mislead

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Ostensive

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-Pointing to example of what you're trying to say

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-Demonstrate action

Question 39

arguing that a claim is true or false solely because of its abstract or nonhuman origins

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genetic fallacy

Question 40

arguing that what is true of the parts must be true of the whole

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composition

Question 41

arguing that what is true of the whole must be true of the parts or what is true of the group must be true of the individuals in the group

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division

Question 42

rejecting a claim by criticizing the person makes it rather than the claim itself

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appeal to the person

Question 43

the use of a word in two different senses in an argument

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equivocation

Question 44

arguing that a claim must be true merely because of a substantial number of people believe it

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appeal to popularity

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arguing that a claim must be true or good just because its part of tradition

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appeal to tradition

Question 46

arguing that a lack of evidence proves something

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appeal to ignorance

Question 47

the use of emotions as premises in an argument

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appeal to emotion

Question 48

the deliberate raising of an irrelevant issue during an argument

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red herring

Question 49

the distorting, weakening, or oversimplifying of someone's position so it can be more easily attacked or refuted

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straw man

Question 50

arguing that your doing something morally wrong is justified because someone else has done the same(or similar) thing.

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two wrongs make a right fallacy

Question 51

the attempt to establish the conclusion of an argument by using that conclusion as a premise

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begging the question

Question 52

Asserting that there are only two alternatives to consider when there are actually more than two

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false dilemma

Question 53

arguing, that without good reasons, that taking a particular step will inevitably lead to a further, undesirable step (or steps)

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slippery slope

Question 54

the drawing of a conclusion about a target group based on inadequate sample size

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hasty generalization

Question 55

an argument in which the things being compared are not sufficiently similar in relevant ways

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faulty analogy

Question 56

Because someone did one bad thing, everything is wrong with what they have to say

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ad hominem

Question 57

arguing that because a lone or distinction cannot be drawn at any point in a process, there are no differences or graduations in that process

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decision point fallacy

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