Fallacy Practice for AP Lang

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What is an Appeal to Ignorance?

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A fallacy where a claim is considered true simply because it has not been proven false, or vice versa.

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What is an Appeal to Authority?

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A fallacy that occurs when someone argues that a claim is true simply because an authority figure believes it to be true.

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What is Ad Hominem?

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A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

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What is Faulty Causality?

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A fallacy that assumes a cause-and-effect relationship between two events simply because they occur together.

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What is a Straw Man Argument?

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A fallacy that misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.

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What is Hasty Generalization?

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A fallacy that draws a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence.

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What is Circular Reasoning?

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A fallacy where the conclusion is included in the premise, creating a loop in reasoning.

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What is Slippery Slope?

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A fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step will inevitably lead to a chain of related events culminating in a significant impact.

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What is Bandwagon?

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A fallacy that suggests that because something is popular or everyone is doing it, it must be true or right.

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What is Cherry-Picking Evidence?

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A fallacy that involves selectively presenting evidence that supports a claim while ignoring evidence that contradicts it.