Logical Fallacies

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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Medium
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Paula Petty
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30 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A rainbow appeared in the sky the day before basketball tryouts, and I made the team! If there's a rainbow when I try out in the spring, I'm sure I'll make the team again.
Is this a HASTY GENERALIZATION (a very broad claim based on very little evidence) ?
Is this a FALSE CAUSATION (the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other)?
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I'm not surprised, frankly, that someone who gets lost in his own neighborhood would argue that New York has better pizza than Chicago.
Is this AD HOMINEM (a personal attack against the opponent)?
Is this STRAW MAN (a misrepresentation of opponent's position to make it easier to argue against)?
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Of course you don't like rap or hip-hop music! You wear the same clothes every day and have zero fashion sense.
Is this CIRCULAR REASONING (an argument that supports the claim with the claim itself)?
Is this AD HOMINEM (personal attack against opponent)?
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cassie has no school spirit—she never comes to any of our football games.
guilt by association: a negative association intended to discredit someone or something
Is this FALSE DICHOTOMY (an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist)?
Is this GUILT BY ASSOCIATION (a negative association intended to discredit someone or something)?
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The number of off-leash dogs I've seen in Livingston is completely unacceptable. Let's make our streets safe again by addressing this dog problem, before our city becomes a haven for criminals.
Is this BANDWAGON ( the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct) ?
Is this RED HERRING ( the use of a completely unrelated topic or idea) ?
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
All the popular guys at school are dyeing their hair purple, so you should, too!
Is this CIRCULAR REASONING ( an argument that supports a claim with the claim itself)?
Is this BANDWAGON FALLACY (the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct) ?
Is this AD HOMINEM (personal attack against opponent) ?
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sure, we haven't given raises to our employees in more than ten years. However, we do pride ourselves on providing customer service in over seven different languages.
Is this using a RED HERRING ( the use of a completely unrelated topic or idea as a distraction) ?
Is this using a HASTY GENERALIZATION ( a very broad claim based on very little evidence) ?
Is this using GUILT BY ASSOCIATION (a negative association intended to discredit someone/something) ?
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
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