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Arguments
Persuasive vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
01/29/2013

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Deductive Logic

 

Definition

The reasoning process by which a conclusion is drawn from set of premises and contains no more facts than these premises

 

 

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Culture

 

Definition
The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group
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Persuasion
Definition
The state or fact of being persuaded or convinced
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Ad Hominem
Definition
Attacking your opponet's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument
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Bandwagon
Definition
Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation
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Anecdotal Evidence
Definition
Using personal experience or an isolated example instead of a valid argument, especially to dismis statistics
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Logical Fallacy
Definition
A flaw in logic that weakens an argument
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