Material Fallacies

Question 1

Giving a word in a word in an argument are given different meanings

Answer 1

Equivocation

Question 2

Using a phrase which obscures the true meaning of the statement which renders confusion

Answer 2

Amphiboly

Question 3

Taking together as whole/unit what has to be taken separately.

Answer 3

Composition

Question 4

Consists in taking separately what has to be done as a unit.

Answer 4

Division

Question 5

Consists in giving the same meaning to words which differ in accent or pronunciation

Answer 5

Accent

Question 6

Appeal to the masses/people’s prejudices, or appear to public prejudices rather than to reason

Answer 6

Argumentum ad Populum

Question 7

Employs rhetoric that appeals to pity or sympathy

Answer 7

Argumentum ad Misericordiam

Question 8

Appeals to shame; exaggerates the authority of the person who hold the opinion rather than appeal to their competence in the subject or issue.

Answer 8

Argumentum ad Verecundiam

Question 9

Mud slinging, black propaganda, or name calling. Attack on the personality of the opponent.

Answer 9

Argumentum ad hominem

Question 10

Fallacy of invoking the conclusion; begging the question

Answer 10

Circular reasoning