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Logical Fallacies

Authored by Mari DeRuntz

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Logical Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.

Post Hoc

False Analogy

Red Herring

Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Michael Jordan, battery ad.

Bandwagon Appeal
Post Hoc
Red Herring
False Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Bandwagon Appeals
False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.

Faulty Analogy
False Dilemma
Ad Hominem
Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president? 

Cherry Picking
Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

Ad hominem
Categorical Claim
Exaggeration
Stereotyping

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.

Post Hoc Ergo Propter hoc
Appeal to False Authority
Bandwagon appeal
Faulty Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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