Answer
A. Informal
Explanation
Informal outlines can take the form of brief lists of ideas in the order in which you want to discuss them.
Pathos the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.
Ethos means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
Logos the appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
He is using Logos.
Muckalize means to damage or to make a mess of. Hope this helps! :)
I would go with:
Refers to an argument based on false or exaggerated information about the losing argument