3rd QTR Mid-qtr report

positive statement or declaration

act to prove false by evidence or argument

short account of particular incident or event of an interesting nature

something intended to divert attention from the real problem at hand

act or process of overgeneralizing

lack of emphasis in a statement or point

figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms

statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt

• latin means: "against the man" or "against the person"
• claim or argument is rejected on basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument

premises in chich the truth of the conclusion is claimed or the truth of the conclusion is assumes (either directly or indirectly)

fallacy is committed when its concluded that one event causes another simply because the proposed cause occured before the proposed effect

basic idea is to "win" and argument by leading attention away from the argument to another topic

• person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question
• series of steps or graduations between one event and the one in question and no reason is given as to why the intervening steps or gradations will simply be bypassed