Fallacies

Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.

• Post Hoc
• Hasty Generalization
• Begging the Question
• Straw Man

Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began.

• Red Herring
• Post Hoc
• Hasty Generalization 
• Straw Man

I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.

• Post Hoc
• Red Herring
• Hasty Generalization
• Slippery Slope

We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know, they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!

• Hasty Generalization
• Slippery Slope
• Straw Man
• Post Hoc

You know Jane Fonda’s exercise video’s must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in.

• Post Hoc
• Begging the Question
• Straw Man
• Slippery Slope

Get Verizon--1 billion people can't be wrong.

• Post Hoc
• Bandwagon
• Straw Man
• Hasty Generalization

The meteorologist predicted the wrong amount of rain for May. Obviously the meteorologist is unreliable.

• Begging the Question
• Straw Man
• Weak Analogy
• Hasty Generalization

You know Jane Fonda’s exercise video’s must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in.

• Straw Man
• Red Herring
• Post Hoc
• Bandwagon

We should abolish the death penalty. Even Judge Judy is opposed to it.

• Hasty Generalization
• Bandwagon
• Straw Man
• Appeal to Authority

If a teacher allows a student to be 1 minute late, tomorrow he will be 5 minutes late, and soon he will be an hour late!

• slippery slope

• false dichotomy

• straw man

• non sequitur