AP Lang 141-160

Question 1

burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome, causing hardship

Answer 1

onerous

Question 2

cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

Answer 2

discretion

Question 3

to grow rapidly or flourish

Answer 3

burgeon

Question 4

a universally recognized principle

Answer 4

axiom

Question 5

existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; wide-spread

Answer 5

ubiquitous

Question 6

to undeceive; to set right

Answer 6

disabuse

Question 7

violating accepted dogma or convention

Answer 7

heretical

Question 8

to defame

Answer 8

vilify

Question 9

expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles

Answer 9

dogmatic

Question 10

recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

Answer 10

perennial

Question 11

an erroneous argument dependent on an unsound or illogical contention

Answer 11

a fallacy

Question 12

when 1 individual utilizes another individuals lack of information on a specific subject as proof that his or her own particular argument is right

Answer 12

appeal to ignorance

Question 13

instead of concentrating on the benefits of an argument, the arguer will attempt to append their argument to an individual of power or authority.

Answer 13

appeal to authority

Question 14

when somebody asserts that a thought or conviction is correct, since it is the thing that general population accepts

Answer 14

appeal to popular opinion

Question 15

when somebody connects a particular thought or issue to something or somebody negative, so as to infer blame on another individual

Answer 15

association fallacy

Question 16

where an individual substitutes a rebuttal with a personal insult

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attacking the person

Question 17

the conclusion of a contention is accepted as a statement of the inquiry itself

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begging the question

Question 18

the error is committed when an argument takes its evidence from an element inside the argument itself, instead of from an outside source

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circular argument

Question 19

a deception in which the individual making the contention joins 2 occasions that happen consecutively, and accepts that one created or caused the other

Answer 19

relationship implies causation

Question 20

when somebody presents their argument in such a way that there are 2 conceivable alternatives left

Answer 20

false dilemma/dichotomy