Logical Fallacies

Match

Match the quote with the correct claim. Pay attention to the keywords. They hint at the claim being made.

• 1. But even these are only the first fruits of a rich harvest, which will be reaped when new and wider fields are opened to us.

• For me, it is based on Christianity, in which we confidently entrust our destiny as a people.

• Under God’s guidance in this great democracy, we are rising out of the darkness of slavery into the light of freedom.

Still working for democracy in America

Spirituality needed in democratic nation

Both Claims

• Still working for democracy in America

• Spirituality needed in democratic nation

• Both Claims

Logical Fallacies

The upcoming list of fallacies can be found in your Canvas course.

• Module: Central Idea & Author's Purpose
  

• Tab: Logical Fallacies

Multiple Choice

Listening to music is a right, and Americans have rights, so the music ban is wrong.

• circular reasoning

• bandwagon

• hasty generalization

•  slippery slope

• ad-hominem

Multiple Choice

What’s next? Will we ban portable radios, speakers, and headphones on campus? Will tip toe around first-year students?

• circular reasoning

• bandwagon

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

•  strawman

Multiple Choice

I play loud music, and I have a lot of friends who play loud music, and we all agree that this policy should be overturned.

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

• bandwagon

• ad-hominem

• strawman

Multiple Choice

Either we either we are a freedom-loving campus or we aren’t. I choose freedom, and I believe all of America’s veterans would agree with me. Perhaps the Chancellor has an ulterior motive for instituting the ban and is using music as a scapegoat!

• hasty generalization

• bandwagon

• ad-hominem

• slippery slope

• circular reasoning