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Logical Fallacies

Authored by Kat Terhune

7th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Logical Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People either like coffee or hate it. 

Ad Hominem
Either/Or
Begging the Question
Ad Populum

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him. 

Hasty Generalization
Straw Man
Bandwagon Appeal
Appeal to False Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”

Appeal to False Authorirty
Bandwagon Appeal
Faulty Analogy
Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Smoking cigarettes is just like ingesting arsenic into your system; both have been shown to be causally related to death. If you wouldn't want to take a spoonful of arsenic, I would think that you wouldn't want to continue smoking.

Hasty Generalization
Faulty Analogy
Straw Man
Begging the Question

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

President Reagan was a great communicator because he had the knack of talking effectively to the people.

Bandwagon Appeal
Ad Hominem 
Circular Reasoning
Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

An argument that assumes the truth of what it is trying to prove.

hasty generalization

circular reasoning

straw man argument

ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

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