Logical Fallacies Practice

Quiz

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9th - 12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RI.8.1, RI.8.8, RL.11-12.1

Standards-aligned

Mike Ciurzynski

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This quiz focuses on logical fallacies, specifically targeting students' ability to identify common errors in reasoning and argumentation. Based on the complexity of the examples and the critical thinking skills required, this material is appropriate for grades 9-12, particularly in English Language Arts, debate, or critical thinking courses. Students need a solid understanding of how arguments are constructed and the ability to analyze the logical structure of statements to distinguish between valid reasoning and flawed logic. The quiz covers eight major fallacies: ad hominem attacks, hasty generalization, slippery slope, straw man arguments, red herring distractions, ad populum appeals, post hoc reasoning, and false dilemmas. Success on this assessment requires students to move beyond surface-level comprehension and demonstrate analytical thinking by recognizing how each fallacy undermines logical discourse through different mechanisms of flawed reasoning. Created by Mike Ciurzynski, a teacher in the US who teaches grades 9-12. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for developing students' critical thinking and argumentation skills across multiple instructional contexts. Teachers can use it as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before discussing persuasive writing or debate techniques, as guided practice during lessons on argument analysis, or as formative assessment to gauge student understanding of logical reasoning concepts. The quiz works particularly well for homework assignments that reinforce classroom instruction or as review material before summative assessments on argumentation and rhetoric. This assessment directly supports Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.8 and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.1, which require students to assess reasoning in texts and write logical arguments. The quiz also aligns with speaking and listening standards that emphasize evaluating arguments and identifying fallacious reasoning in presentations and discussions.

Logical Fallacies Practice

8 questions

My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.

If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and you GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless.

After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.

Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today.

"Chick fil A is the greatest food chain in existence. Look at the crowds!"

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

Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while.

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