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Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies

Assessment

Presentation

Mathematics

10th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI. 9-10.8, L.11-12.6

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Brent May

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0 Slides • 20 Questions

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Poll

"You're either with us or against us."

Strawman

Black-or-White

Bandwagon

Burden of Proof

2

Poll

"Millions of people eat McDonalds everyday, so it must not be that bad for you."

Appeal to Authority

Begging the Question

Appeal to Emotion

Bandwagon

3

Poll

"Ever since I started wearing these lucky socks, our team hasn't lost a game!"

False Cause

Slippery Slope

Begging the Question

Ad Hominem

4

Poll

"My friend said there is no evidence that ghosts exist. Sure, but there's no evidence that they don’t exist either."

Black-or-White

Anecdotal

Burden of Proof

Tu Quoque

5

Poll

"The pandemic was such a scam. I don’t know a single person who even got Covid."

Bandwagon

Appeal to Authority

Slippery Slope

Anecdotal

6

Poll

"You can trust her. She always tells the truth."

False Cause

Begging the Question

Tu Quoque

Slippery Slope

7

Poll

"My teacher said plant-based diets are better for the environment. So eating meat makes you a terrible person now?"

Strawman

Appeal to Authority

Ad Hominem

Begging the Question

8

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"How are you going to tell me that vaping is bad? You used to smoke."

False Cause

Burden of Proof

Tu Quoque

Appeal to Authority

9

Poll

"I'm just not a math person"

Black-or-White

Appeal to Emotion

Burden of Proof

Slippery Slope

10

Poll

"Other countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions into the United States."

Ad Hominem

Tu Quoque

Burden of Proof

Appeal to Emotion

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"This makeup is so good, even celebrities use it."

Bandwagon

Appeal to Authority

Anecdotal

Appeal to Emotion

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"I should have never gotten my son vaccinated. He started showing signs of autism shortly afterwards."

False Cause

Strawman

Tu Quoque

Appeal to Emotion

13

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"Everyone online is posting about this new ice cream shop. It must be really good."

Begging the Question

Bandwagon

Appeal to Authority

Black-or-White

14

Poll

"You’ve been really jealous and shady lately. You’re such a Scorpio."

Strawman

Burden of Proof

False Cause

Appeal to Authority

15

Poll

"It is so cold outside today. Global warming is a total scam."

Ad Hominem

Anecdotal

Slippery Slope

Stra

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"Purdue basketball is the best college team in the nation! Convenience me I’m wrong."

Appeal to Emotion

Tu Quoque

Bandwagon

Burden of Proof

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Poll

"You can't breakup with me. I'd be totally lost without you!"

Appeal to Emotion

Tu Quoque

Black-or-White

Bandwagon

18

Poll

"Universal healthcare is just another step towards making America a communist nation, fully dependent upon the government."

Strawman

False Cause

Slippery Slope

Ad Hominem

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"Everyone keeps accusing me of making deals with Russia, but no one said anything when the last president made a deal with evil Iran."

Appeal to Emotion

Begging the Question

Appeal to Authority

Tu Quoque

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"Why would I listen to your relationship advice? Your last girlfriend cheated on you."

Appeal to Emotion

Tu Quoque

False Cause

Ad Hominem

"You're either with us or against us."

Strawman

Black-or-White

Bandwagon

Burden of Proof

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