Sunday, February 10, 2013

Structuring Arguments


1) Bandwagon appeal without a solid fact to support it.

2) A rushed generalization with not enough evidence to support that the person is honest.

3) This statement is a "ad hominem fallacy" or "against the man" because instead of arguing against her economic plans she just states unimportant facts.

4) Evidence from recent history, dishonest in a way because there is no supporting evidence that the budget hadn't always been balanced or that it had become balanced only when the said mayor was in office.


5) This statement lacks supporting evidence and is only an opinion rather than a true fact.


6) Hasty generalization with no quantitative evidence or expert opinion support what is simply a claim and not evidence.


7) The evidence is not relevant because it is a faulty analogy. Just because a MVP drives a Volvo does not make it a good car.

8) A sort of straw man fallacy because the hardly supported facts of 6-8 grade absenteeism and low test scores does not mean that this generation is going down.

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