Logical Fallacy examples

Which one is an example of Slippery Slope?

• Brushing your teeth is bad for you

• If you brush your teeth, it will help prevent decay

• The toothbrush was invented in 1938

• If you brush your teeth, you will become a model and then you’ll be famous

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Complete the rest of the example of the Slippery Slope,

If we ban smoking, then people…

• will start taking soft drugs and then move onto hard drugs, and the crime rate will go up and up.

• will give up on smoking for good and not even think of having a smoke

• will rebel against the law and have their own laws

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Which of the following is an example of the Either/Or fallacy?

• You are either a leader or a follower.
• That car can't possibly be any good! It was made in Japan!
• Everybody is doing it
• We know the earth is flat because generations have thought that for centuries

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Hasty Generalization...

• creates fear in people as evidence to support a claim.
• (or jumping to conclusions)—draws a conclusion about a population based on a small sample.
• presents an irrelevant topic to divert attention away from the original issue.
• uses the logic that the way things used to be is better than they are now, ignoring any problems of the past.
  

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People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad hominem
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization
• slippery slope

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President Reagan was a great communicator because he had the knack of talking effectively to the people.

• Bandwagon Appeal
• Ad Hominem 
• Circular Reasoning
• Hasty Generalization

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comparison or metaphors to relate ideas or situations that are not really that similar

• false analogy
• logical fallacy
• straw man
• post hoc

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CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

which appeal to audience is this? 

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

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what fallacy is this?

• Bandwagon
• Ad hominem 
• logical fallacy
• hasty generalization.

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which appeal to audience is this? 

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

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