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Persuasive Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
01/29/2013

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Fallacies 
Definition

A failure in reasoning that renders an argument invalid. 

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Slippery Slope
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a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences
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Appeal 
Definition

Make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public.

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Parallelism

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aggrement  in direction, tendency, or character; the state orcondition of being parallel

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Bias
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a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that preventsunprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice  [image]                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Arguement of fact 
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a discussion involving differing points of view; debate: They weredeeply involved in an argument about inflation[image]
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Sentimental Appeals 

 

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expressive of or appealing to sentimentespecially the tenderemotions and feelings, as lovepity, or nostalgia: a sentimentalsong.[image]
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Hasty Generalization
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a result of this process; a general statement, idea, or principle[image]
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Post hoc, ergo proctor hoc
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after this, therefore because of it: a formula designating an error inlogic that accepts as a cause something that merely occurred earlierin time  

 

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