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Logical Fallacies

Authored by Benjamin SERaleighHS

English

9th - 12th Grade

Used 6+ times

Logical Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Senator Smith says that the nation should not add to the defense budget. Senator Jones says that he cannot believe that Senator Smith wants to leave the nation defenseless.

Apostrophe

Slippery Slope Fallacy

Straw Man Fallacy

Litotes

Procatalepsis

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

If we allow the principal to change the date of Prom, what's next? He's going to want to cancel the dance altogether!

Slippery Slope

Antithesis

False Dichotomy

Litotes

Appeal to Ignorance

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Socrates' arguments about human excellence are rubbish. What could a man as ugly as he know about human excellence.

Ad Hominem

Tu Quoque

Circular Reasoning

Antithesis

Apostrophe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Wilma: You cheated on your income tax. Don't you realize that's wrong?

Walter: Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that?

Tu Quoque

Strawman

Litotes

Procatalepsis

False Dichotomy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

You either support Kamala Harris for President or you don't believe in women's rights.

False Dichotomy

Petitio Principii

Litotes

Appeal to Ignorance

Causal Fallacy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Fruits and vegetables are part of a healthy diet. After all, a healthy eating plan includes fruits and vegetables.

Petitio Principii (Circular Reasoning, Begging the Question)

Appeal to Ignorance

Apostrophe

Antithesis

Causal Fallacies

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

She didn't say that I couldn't borrow her car, so I figured it was fine if I borrowed it for the weekend.

Appeal to Ignorance

Strawman

Slippery Slope

Procatalepsis

Tu Quoque

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