Fallacy Detective

Fallacy Detective

8th - 11th Grade

14 Qs

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Fallacy Detective

Fallacy Detective

Assessment

Quiz

Mathematics

8th - 11th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RI.8.1, L.9-10.6, RI.8.8

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

something that distracts attention from the real issue

Special Pleading

Ad hominem

Red Herring

Genetic Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an illegitimate double standard is applied that distorts the facts

Begging the Question

Loaded QUestion

Special Pleading

Appeal to the People

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An attack on a person rather than his or her argument.

Ad hominem

tu quoque

Red Herring

Genetic Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.

Tu quotue

Genetic fallacy

Appeal to the People

Faulty Appeal to AUthority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

person offering argument is made to look hypocritical. "You Too"

Red Herring

Appeal to the People

Tu Quotue

Strawman

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an appeal to someone who has no special knowledge in the area being discussed

Appeal to the People

Faulty appeal to authority

Tu QUotue

Hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

changing or exaggerating an opponent's position to make it easier to refute

Straw man

tu quoque

equivocation

circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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