EAPP Flashcards
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Are errors in reasoning that
invalidate or weaken an argument.
LOGICAL FALLACIES
They often appear convincing but rely on flawed logic, misleading statements,
or emotional appeals rather than sound reasoning.
LOGICAL FALLACIES
- Claiming one small step will lead to extreme
consequences. - Also known as the domino fallacy.
SLIPPERY SLOPE
Occurs when two or more points are rolled into one and
the reader is expected to accept or reject both at the same
time, when one point may be satisfactory while the other
is not.
COMPLEX QUESTION
Occurs when the argument quotes an expert who’s not
qualified in the particular subject matter
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
Arguing that something must be true or good because
many people believe.
Also known as argumentatum ad populum (appeal to the
people) “Everybody is doing it.”
BANDWAGON
A fallacy that involves attacking or praising the people
who make an argument, rather than discussing the
argument itself.
Also known as Argumentum Ad Hominem, literally,
“argument toward the man.”
AD HOMINEM
A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified
by sufficient or unbiased evidence.
HASTY GENERALIZATION
It occurs when the writer mistakenly assumes that, because the first event preceded the second event, It must mean the first event caused the later one.
POST HOC
It is the distortion or exaggeration of another person’s argument or position, so it is easier to attack.
STRAW MAN
Occurs when arguments contradict one another
INCONSISTENCY
Occurs when a threat, instead of reasoning is used
to argue
APPEAL TO FORCE
Is a form of paper writing in which the writer expresses his ideas and opinions about what has been read or seen.
REACTION PAPER
- A genre of academic writing
- Briefly and critically summarizes and evaluates a work or concept.
- Summary + Evaluation = ?
CRITIQUE PAPER
Is a systematic way of highlighting weakness and strengths and its applicability to practice
CRITIQUING
Critiques can be used to evaluate:
- CREATIVE WORKS
- RESEARCHES
- MEDIA
To judge or to evaluate someone or something.
CRITICIZE
- The paper or essay
- The product of criticizing
CRITIQUE
The person doing the criticism.
CRITIC
Types of critical approaches in writing.
- READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
- FORMALIST CRITICISM
- PSYCHOLOGICAL/PSYCHOANALYTIC CRITICISM
- BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICSM
- SOCIOLOGICAL CRITICISM
- HISTORICAL CRITICISM
- It focuses on the act of reading and how it affects our perception of meaning in a text (how we feel at the beginning vs. the end).
- It also deals more with the process of creating meaning and experiencing a text as we read
READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM
This approach emphasizes the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.
FORMALIST CRITICISM
- This approach emphasizes the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.
- It looks at literary characters as a reflection of the writer.
PSYCHOLOGICAL/PSYCHOANALYTIC CRITICISM
This approach argues that we must take an author’s life and background into account when we study a text. This approach refers to how the author has direct influence over the writing.
BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM
