Logical Fallacy 10th grade

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

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Cherry-picking the evidence

• Ad Hominem

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

• Ad Hominem
• Hasty Generalization
• Affirming the Consequent
• Appeal to Irrelevant Authority

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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.

• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• False Dilemma
• Affirming the Consequent

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40 million people can't be wrong! Buy the new Iphone XIV today!

• Bandwagon

• False dichotomy

• Post hoc

• Straw man

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McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.

• Post Hoc

• False Analogy

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

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Michael Jordan, battery ad.

• Bandwagon Appeal
• Post Hoc
• Red Herring
• False Authority

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Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

• Hasty Generalization
• Post Hoc
• Bandwagon Appeals
• False Dilemma

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You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

• Non Sequitur 
• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• Card Stacking

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Unless you can close your eyes to abuse, write a check to save this puppy.

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

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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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