Logical Fallacy Review

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

• ad hominem
• ad populum
• bandwagon
• single cause circular

My parents are vegetarians, and they are good people. Therefore, all vegetarians must be good people.

• ad hominem

• ad populum

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

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 
• ad hominem
• slippery slope
• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Aliens must exist because most people believe in them.

• ad populum
• bandwagon 
• single cause circular
• ad hominem

He can't be a great athlete; he didn't adopt the stray dog on the street.

• Ad Hominem
• Ad populum
• Bandwagon
• Single Cause Circular

McDonald's Hamburgers: over 99 billion served.

• Ad hominem
• Hasty generalization
• Ad populum
• Bandwagon 

I am voting for Pepitone for President because the rest of my family is voting for her, and I don't want to be the only one not doing so.

• Hasty Generalization

• Single Cause Circular

• Bandwagon

• Ad populum

Don't ever steal! Once you start, you won't be able to stop, and you'll end up bankrupt.

• single cause circular
• bandwagon
• hasty generalization
• slippery slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"I can't trust that doctor's advice on how to raise my child. He has never been a mother."

• Hasty generalization
• Ad Hominem
• Slippery Slope
• Ad populum

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Tik Tok is popular among teens because so many of them use it.

• Hasty generalization

• Single cause circular

• Ad populum

• Bandwagon