Matching Pairs TCA: English: Fallacies 2Online version Match the fallacy with definition by Elvira Trevino 1 Red herring 2 Begging the question 3 Straw man 4 False dilemma 5 Circular Reasoning 6 Ad hominem 7 hasty generalization 8 Slippery slope 9 appeal to authority 10 Argument from ignorance argue that your conclusion must be true, because there is no evidence against it. This fallacy wrongly shifts the burden of proof away from the one making the claim. sometimes called the over-generalization fallacy. It is basically making a claim based on evidence that it just too small. an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument. sometimes called the “either-or” fallacy, a false dilemma is a logical fallacy that presents only two options or sides when there are many options or sides. occurs when the end of an argument comes back to the beginning without having proven itself. an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous. diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first. occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered. directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
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