Logical Fallacy 10th grade

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Bias

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Writing something so that it portrays someone or something in a positive or negative way.

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Bandwagon Fallacy

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A fallacy that suggests that because a lot of people believe something or do something, it must be true or right.

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Faulty Causality

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An incorrect assumption that one event caused another event.

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False Dilemma

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A fallacy that presents only two options when in fact more options exist.

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Ad Hominem

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A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

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Hasty Generalization

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A fallacy that draws a conclusion based on insufficient evidence.

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Circular Reasoning

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A fallacy where the conclusion is included in the premise of the argument.

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Straw Man Fallacy

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A fallacy that misrepresents an argument to make it easier to attack.

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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

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A fallacy that assumes that if one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second.

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Slippery Slope Fallacy

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A fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.