The author uses language that elicits an emotional response in the reader.

• Red Herring

• Loaded Language

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The author includes information in his argument that distracts from the real issue.

• Categorical Claims

• Hasty Generalizations

• Bandwagon

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The author makes an assumption about an entire group of people based on no real evidence. Stereotypes are insensitive, insulting, and offensive.

• Red Herring

• Exaggeration

• Bandwagon

• Stereotypes

The author makes an assumption based on no real evidence. Generalizations are not necessarily insulting, but they can lead to stereotypes.

• Hasty Generalizations

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The technique _____ appeals to the reader's desire to belong. It's the "everyone's doing it" mentality.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

In the technique ​​​ (a)   , the author overstates something, trying to make it seem larger or greater than what is true.

• Exaggeration
• Hasty Generalizations
• Loaded Language
• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The author assumes that two or more people or things are the same just because they can be put into the same general category.

• Categorical Claims

• Loaded Language

• Red Herring

• Stereotypes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The author attacks his opponent's character instead of addressing the issue at hand.

• Exaggeration

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The author appeals to the reader's sense of fear by stating that one bad thing will lead to a worse thing.

• Exaggeration

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A claim is:

• the statement the writer is trying to prove. It is what the writer wants to happen.

• What the evidence and explanation show about the claim.

• Proof from a credible source; facts

• the tone and the way the writer sounds.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D