Terms of Argument and Fallacies Worksheet

When a speaker/writer presents two extreme options
occurs when two things are compared that are not comparable
Speeding isn't bad; I speed all the time and never had an accident or a ticket.
a logical process from particulars to universals
a thesis that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover in an essay
it is incorrect to claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier
usually, probably, maybe, in most cases
evidence that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers
gives voice to possible objections
arguments that are based on assumptions that having a full understanding of an opposing position is essential to responding to it persuasively and refuting it in a way that is accomodating rather than alienating
evidence that is accessed through research, reading and investigation
explains the terms and conditions necessitated by the qualifier
when a speaker or writer chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea
expresses the assumption necessarily shared by the speaker and the audience
an approach to analyzing and constucting arguments