{"id":5830,"date":"2023-05-12T21:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T21:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:45:09","slug":"what-is-straw-man-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-straw-man-argument","title":{"rendered":"The straw man argument: Definition and examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">When you know how to identify a straw man fallacy, you can get the conversation back to the real issues at hand. Learn about this argument, how to spot it, and what to do when someone uses it on you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/What-is-a-straw-man-argument-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/What-is-a-straw-man-argument-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/What-is-a-straw-man-argument-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/What-is-a-straw-man-argument-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"An LED light stick figure\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"links-menu\">\n<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-straw-man-argument#logical-fallacy\">What is a logical fallacy?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-straw-man-argument#straw-man-definition\">The definition of a straw man argument<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-straw-man-argument#identify-straw-man\">How to identify a straw man argument<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-straw-man-argument#examples\">Straw man argument examples<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-straw-man-argument#how-to-respond\">How to respond to a straw man argument<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to catch this fallacy that misconstrues or overexaggerates an opponent\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-5830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The straw man argument: Definition and examples \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A straw man argument is a common type of logical fallacy that misconstrues the opponent\u2019s position. 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