Logical Fallacies

speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

• ad hominem

• false dilemma

• equivocation

• hasty generalization

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

• slippery slope

• straw man

• ad hominem

• appeal to ignorance

which appeal to audience is this? 

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

citing someone who has no expertise as an authority

• circular reasoning

• faulty causality

• straw man

• appeal to doubtful authority

a speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic in order to avoid the topic of discussion

• ad hominem

• hasty generalization

• red herring

• either/or

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea

• straw man

• bandwagon

• faulty causality

• slippery slope

there is not enough evidence to support a particular conclusion

• circular reasoning

• faulty causality

• hasty generalization

• red herring

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.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

incorrect assumption that one event caused another event

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

• faulty causality

• bandwagon