Logical Fallacies

reduces a complicated issue to 2 possible choices. ex. pro life/pro choice. gun control

where the writer exzgerates the likely consequences of an action. ex. gay marriage leads to penguin sex.

takes readers emotions excessively to distract readers from facts. ex. spca commercials

everyone's doing it you do it

writer uses himself as a claim and people as proof. ex. this is true because i studied the subject

claim with very little support or without acknowledgement that counter position exists. ex. religion dogmatism

arguements that attack the character rather than the claim. ex. i'm not talking to that girl because she is a hoe.

when the rhetor only shows one side of the story. ex. the film suppersize me does not show eating food an excising, just eating food

an inference drawn from significant evidence.ex. because my honda broke down, all of them are junk.

assumption that if one event follows another, the first causes the second. ex. if a happens then b happens, than a caused b.

assuming as tue the very claim that's distributed is a circular argument that goes no where. ex. can't give me a c for the course, a student

half truths that give lies an honest appearance. ex. i wrote the entire paper myself

an argument's claims, reasons, or warrants don't connect logically

attack an arguement that isn't even there, either more powerful or weak.

changes the subject abruptly to throw readers off

inaqurate or inconsequential comparisons between objects or concepts.