Matching Pairs TCA: English: Fallacies 2Online version Match the fallacy with definition by Elvira Trevino 1 Ad hominem 2 Argument from ignorance 3 Slippery slope 4 Straw man 5 Begging the question 6 hasty generalization 7 appeal to authority 8 False dilemma 9 Red herring 10 Circular Reasoning an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument. occurs when the end of an argument comes back to the beginning without having proven itself. sometimes called the over-generalization fallacy. It is basically making a claim based on evidence that it just too small. occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. 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. 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. an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous. 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. diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first.
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