Rhetorical Fallacies
Pathetic Fallacies
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Argument to the People (Appeal to Stirring symbols)
Appeal to Ignorance (Presenting Evidence the Audience Can’t Examine)
Appeal to Irrational Premises (Bandwagon Appeals)
o Appeal to common practice /traditional wisdom/popularity
Red Herring (Shifting the Audience’s Attention)
Scare Tactics/Slippery Slope
Sentimental Appeals
Ethical Fallacies
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Appeal to False Authority
Appeal to the Person (Ad Hominem)
Strawman (Oversimplifying Opponent’s Position)
Dogmatism
Logical Fallacies
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Begging the Question (Supporting the Claim with a Restatement of the Claim)
Complex Question (Asking a Question that Cannot be Answered Harmlessly)
False Dilemma (Either/Or)
Equivocation (Using Different Definitions of the Same Word)
Faulty Causality (Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc--After it, therefore because of it)
Hasty Generalization
Faulty Analogy
Non Sequitur