| A | B |
| begging the question | occurs when your argument assumes that what you are trying to prove is true. |
| reasoning | is the process of thinking and understanding and drawing conclusions about evidence. |
| evidence | is anything that establishes a fact or gives us reason to believe something. |
| logic | is a system of rules to help you reason and think correctly. |
| inductive reasoning | Anyone who argues from specific instances to a generalization is using |
| case study | allows you to analyze a “typical” example in detail so that you can draw general conclusions. |
| sign | conclusions about a situation based on physical evidence. |
| deductive reasoning | moves from generalizations to a specific instance. |
| causally | when one event causes the other. |
| false analogy | compares two things that are not really the same. |
| ignoring the question | peakers who attempt to divert attention from the matter at hand are |