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6. This flaw misrepresents or distorts an opposing view in order to dismiss it.
- Conflation
- Attacking the arguer
- Straw person
- Restricting the options
- Circular argument
7. A form of argument that uses parallels between similar situations to persuade the audience to accept the conclusion.
- Contradiction
- Analogy
- Sweeping generalisation
- Hasty generalisation
- Ambiguous
8. Draws a general conclusion from insufficient evidence.
- Contradiction
- Ambiguous
- Analogy
- Hasty generalisation
- Sweeping generalisation
9. A statement that moves form some or many to all by creating a stereotype.
- Hasty generalisation
- Sweeping generalisation
- Analogy
- Contradiction
- Ambiguous
10. A word or phase that has more than one meaning and it is unclear which meaning is meant.
- Infer
- Ambiguous
- Principle
- Contradiction
11. Ideas or facts which say exactly the opposite things.
- Principle
- Infer
- Contradiction
- Ambiguous
12. A rule that can be applied in a range of circumstances beyond the immediate context of the argument.
- Principle
- Infer
- Ambiguous
- Contradiction
13. To draw a conclusion; to consider what is implied by evidence. To decide what the next step is; what can be supported by the reasons or evidence.
- Principle
- Ambiguous
- Infer
- Contradiction