Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies
By: Austin Wright

Multiple Choice

Which definition is Non Sequitur Fallacy?

• Establishes a false cause for the issue at hand.

• Argumentative moves flawed by their nature or structure.

• One point doesn't logically follow from another.

• Redirecting an audience's attention, away from the issue at hand

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? A conclusion is made when there is insufficient evidence to support it.

• Circular Reasoning

• Red Herring

• Faulty Analogy

• Hasty Generalization

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? Phrase refers to the diversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the speaker.

• Faulty Analogy

• Either/or Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? Establishes a false cause for the issue at hand.

• Post Hoc, Ergo proctor Hoc

• Equivocation

• Non Sequitur

• Red Herring

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What Logical Fallacy is this? Attacks the argument that no one is really making or portraying the opponent's position as more extreme than it actually is.

• Straw man

• Circular Reasoning

• Either/or Reasoning

• Ad Populum

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? When two things are compared that are not comparable. Usually the focus is on irrelevant similarities.

• Faulty Analogy

• Equivocation

• Non Sequitur

• Ad Hominem

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? A party asserts that a relatively small step leads to a chain of events culminating in some significant event.

• Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

• Slippery Slope

• Non Sequitur

• Hasty Generalization

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? Appeals to what is popular with the majority rather than the validity.

• Red Herring

• Either/or Reasoning

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Populum

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? Writer/Speaker misleads the audience with using a word that has a double or ambiguous meaning

• Equivocation

• Straw man

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? Two extreme options are the only solutions.

• Red Herring

• Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

• Either/or Reasoning

• Non Sequitur

Multiple Choice

What is this Logical Fallacy? Redirecting an audience's attention, away from the issue.

• Red Herring

• Equivocation

• Ad Populum

• Faulty Analogy

Multiple Choice

What Logical Fallacy is this? Repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence.

• Slippery Slope

• Circular Reasoning

• Straw man

• Ad Hominem