logical fallacies and satire

Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate (usually because it is atypical or just too small)

The premises of an argument support a particular conclusion

A faulty assumption that the cause of a relationship is the result of what preceded it.

The arguer claims that some form of chain reaction, usually ending in some dire consequence, will take place, but there's really not enough evidence for that assumption.

When the two things that are being compared aren't really alike in the relevant respects

A fallacy in which a speaker or writer seeks to persuade not by giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for a famous person or institution that's not related to the topic.

This type of fallacy uses the audiences's sympathy, concern, or guilt in order to overwhelm their sense of logic

A fallacy that uses an opponent's inability to disprove a conclusion as proof of the conclusion's correctness.

A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea.

A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion

The arguer sets up the situation so it looks like there are only two choices. The arguer then eliminates one of the choices, so it seems that we are left with only one option: the one the arguer wanted us to pick in the first place.

When a writer uses the same term in two different senses in an argument.

An argument that asks the reader to simply accept the conclusion without providing real evidence by saying the same point in different words.

A gap in the sequence of your logic

One statement is true because of the other statement, and the other statement is true because of the previous statement.

Extending someone's arguments to ridiculous proportions then criticizing the result that no reasonable person would take such a position.

Presenting negative information about a person before he/she speaks so as to discredit the person's argument.

Because something has always been done a particular way, it should continue to be done that way.

Any evidence that supports an opposing argument is rejected, omitted, or ignored. (One-sided argument)

Offering poorly supported claims about what might have happened in the past or future if (the hypothetical part) circumstances or conditions were different

Demanding from an opponent that he or she address more and more points after the initial counter

Making fun of some aspect of culture, society, and/or human nature in an attempt to improve it or inspire change

the satiric voice speaks, usually in the first person, either directly to the reader or to a character in the satire

A fictional approach to criticism where characters who represent certain points of view are made to seem ridiculous by their thoughts and behavior

Satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty. The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader not the anger, but a wry smile.

Provokes a darker kind of laughter; addresses social evil and points with contempt to the corruption of men and institutions through scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule.

Likes people, but thinks they are rather blind and foolish

Loves individuals, hates mankind

a bitter verbal attack

Exciting laughter through exaggerated, improbable situations. Usually contains low comedy: quarreling, fighting, coarse wit, horseplay, noisy singing, boisterous conduct, trickery, clownishness, drunkenness, slap

a representation in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated;

Creating a tension between laughter and horror or revulsion; the essence of all "sick humor" or "black humor"

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

taunting on a personal level by saying something and meaning the opposite

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

A parody meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation.

imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen

To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.

To present the opposite of the normal order (the order of events, standard order of something obvious.)

irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

When a writer or character says one something but means the opposite.

When character, intelligence, beliefs, decisions or preferences are questioned in a way that causes shame

mockery, imitation, and clever humor

Intentional misinterpretation or misunderstanding of in a conversation, situation, or circumstance

Taking something to an extreme to make a point

Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the scene.

immoral or wicked behavior

foolishness