Argument sound convincing/true but is flawed.
Slippery slope, ad hominem, appeal to authority, tradition, emotion, strawman.
Formal Fallacies: mistakes that derive from problems in the connection of premises and conclusions.
Informal Fallacies: Relate to the relevance of new information introduced or the misuse of language and evidence.
cause by the content or context of an argument
Sufficiency, Typicality, Accuracy, Relevance.
claim: statement/opinion writer is convincing to audience.
Grounds: facts/reasoning (justify-claim)
Warrant: link grounds to claim.
Backing: additional support to claim/ addressing different questions related to claim.
qualifier: understanding claim not true in all situations
rebuttal: author addresses opposing views
Muckrakers: journalists/novelists expose corruption in big business/government.
the slums of New York “other half” immigrants, disease, abuse
expose bad working conditions in meat-packing industry
verbs that appear as nouns, adjectives, adverbs
gerunds: words formed from verbs/ used as nouns, always ending in -ing
participles: words created from verbs that can be used as adjectives/adverbial phrases, -ing
restates the noun next to it with more info