Logical Fallacy

Logical Fallacy

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 11th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.1, RI.11-12.5, RI.8.8

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Standards-aligned

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Margaret Pickett

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

ad hominem

red herring

straw man

Post hoc ergo proctor hoc

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

ad hominem
either/or
red herring
bandwagon appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

bandwagon appeal

false analogy

slippery slope

Slanting

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This image illustrates which rhetorical appeal?

ethos
pathos
logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I understand you want to know what happened at the embassy. What is really important is to talk about whether the government has enough cash flow to stay open through the month.

slippery slope

straw man

red herring

false dichotomy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

straw man
either/or
false analogy
hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea

straw man

ad populum

post hoc

red herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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