Logical Fallacies #1
Authored by Mark Johnson
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11th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Attacking the individual instead of the argument is...
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CCSS.RI.8.8
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do you know there aren't dragons? I mean, do you have any proof that there aren't any?
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CCSS.RI.8.8
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CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the rooster crows, the sun rises. Therefore, the rooster causes the sun to rise.
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CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Introducing a topic not related to the subject at hand.
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CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
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CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Example of a strawman fallacy is...
The government doesn't take care of the poor because it doesn't have a tax specifically to support the poor.
I figured you couldn't possibly get it right, so I ignored your comment.
You presented a circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise.
You misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
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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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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I have flipped heads five times in a row. As a result, the next flip will probably be tails.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An argument from small numbers, statistics of small numbers, insufficient statistics, argument by taking sweeping sample, hasty induction, insufficient evidence.
Slippery slope
Ad hominem
Hasty generalization
Cause and Effect
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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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