20.02 APLANG Fallacies

What’s the problem? All my friends have a curfew of midnight!

• BANDWAGON
• CIRCULAR REASONING
• AD HOMINIM
• FAULTY ANALOGY

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A person who is honest will not steal, so my client, an honest person, clearly is not guilty of theft.

• CIRCULAR REASONING
• BANDWAGON
• EITHER/OR
• APPEAL TO FALSE AUTHORITY

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Her economic plan is impressive, but remember: this is a woman who spent six weeks in the Betty Ford Center getting treatment for alcoholism.

• HASTY GENERALIZATION
• AD HOMINEM
• FAULTY ANALOGY
• STRAW MAN

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Since Mayor Perry has been in office, our city budget has had a balanced budget; if he were governor, the state budget would finally be balanced.

• BAND WAGON
• CIRCULAR REASONING
• AD HOMINEM
• FAULTY ANALOGY

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

If we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.

• APPEAL TO FALSE AUTHORITY
• BAND WAGON
• EITHER/OR
• AD HOMINEM

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Smoking is dangerous because it is harmful to your health.

• CIRCULAR REASONING
• STRAW MAN
• FAULTY ANALOGY
• APPEAL TO FALSE AUTHORITY

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

He was last year’s MVP, and he drives a Volvo. That must be a great car.

• HASTY GENERALIZATION
• EITHER/OR
• APPEAL TO FALSE AUTHORITY
• FAULTY ANALOGY

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A national study of grades 6–8 showed that test scores went down last year and absenteeism was high; this generation is going to the dogs.

• HASTY GENERALIZATION
• FAULTY ANALOGY
• STRAW MAN
• CIRCULAR REASONING

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1