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Logical Fallacy

Authored by Daniel Sullivan

English, History

9th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 286+ times

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.

ad hominem
red herring
straw man
sentimental appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

2.

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
either/or
red herring
bandwagon appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.

bandwagon appeal
shifting the burden of proof
slippery slope
argument from ignorance

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

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

This image illustrates which rhetorical appeal?

ethos
pathos
logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Although we have proven that the moon is not made of short ribs, we have not proven that its core cannot be filled with them; therefore, the moon’s core is filled with short ribs.

appeal to ignorance
either/or
wishful thinking
anecdotal evidence

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

1 min • 1 pt

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

slippery slope
straw man
ad populum
false analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

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

speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

straw man
either/or
false analogy
hasty generalization

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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