| A | B |
|---|
| Either/Or Choices | Oversimplifies an argument to two choices |
| Slippery Slope | exaggerates a chain of future consequences of an action |
| Sentimental Appeals | emotion is used in place of facts |
| Bandwagon Appeals | An argument that you should do what everyone else is doing or think something because everyone else does. |
| False Authority | When it is unclear what the source or credibility of the information is or reference is made to “experts,” “sources,” or “most people” |
| Ad Hominem Attacks | Attacking the arguer rather than the argument |
| Hasty Generalization | When an inference is drawn from insufficient evidence |
| Post Hoc Fallacy | Inaccurately assuming that one event caused another simply because it happened first |
| Begging the Question | assumes the reader will automatically accept an assertion without proper support. |
| Non Sequitur | When there is no logical connection between claims, reasons, and assumptions |
| Faulty Analogy | Makes the error of assuming that since two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in all ways. |
| Complex Cause | When one cause is identified as the cause of something which has more than one cause |
