Fallacies in arguing

So far in our book, we have covered good persuasion techniques and the different ways to present the evidence. Another thing to take into consideration is avoiding using flawed arguments, or fallacies. It is very important to not use fallacies in trying to persuade someone. Although it may convince someone who is uninformed, it will leave a very bad impression on someone if they catch your bad logic and will prevent them from trusting you in the future.  There are four different kinds of fallacies: Faulty assertions, flawed evidence, defective reasoning, and erroneous responses. Faulty assertions are where the speaker tries to convince the audience that there is only two choices. Flawed evidence is where the speaker's evidence is used inappropriately or deceptively to try to influence the audience. Sometimes when someone doesn't have enough evidence to support their claim, they throw in some "filler" evidence to try to impress the audience to sway them in their favor. The next fallacy is the fallacy in responding. This is where one makes an error when responding to someones idea, mainly by throwing false accusations to discredit the person. The last fallacy is through reasoning. This is where the speaker is missing the link between his evidence and the conclusion. I found the table in the book was extremely helpful, and plan on using it to prevent myself from using them in my own speech.