logical fallacies

when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable

• false analogy
• red herring
• ad hominem
• appeal to false authority

switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker

• red herring
• ad hominem
• ad populum
• false analogy

speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

• straw man
• either/or
• false analogy
• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence

• appeal to false authority
• ad populum
• post hoc
• circular reasoning

claiming that something is a cause just because it happened earlier

• post hoc
• slippery slope
• false analogy
• appeal to false authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Cari says that we need a major overhaul in education. Cari gets a speeding ticket every other week, so maybe she should learn how to drive instead of worrying about schools.

• appeal to false authority
• ad hominem
• false analogy
• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Steve sells hundreds of homes every year, so he would be an excellent campaign manager.

• false analogy
• ad populum
• either/or
• post hoc

You're either in support of this bill or you're against it.

• either/or
• post hoc
• circular reasoning
• hasty generalization

If we allow euthanasia, the next thing you know, murder will be legal.

• slippery slope
• straw man
• ad populum
• false analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Every time I go to that store, I end up getting a cold. I'm never going there again so I won't get sick.

• circular reasoning
• red herring
• false analogy
• post hoc