Logical Fallacies Quick Check

It would be nice if Garland ISD provided a Chromebook for every student. Let’s address student attendance.

• false cause

• red herring

• hasty generalization

• scare tactic

“Why should responsible adults who are eighteen be given extended credit? Because people who are adults are mature, and anyone who is mature is responsible enough to have control of money.”

• red herring

• ad hominem

• hasty generalization

• false cause

My opponent suggests that lowering taxes will be a good idea -- can we believe a woman who eats a pint of Ben and Jerry’s each night!

• false cause

• scare tactic

• red herring

• ad hominem

If you let your teenager listen to Lil Pump and Lil Xan, they are going to drop out of school, get addicted to drugs, and demean women.

• false cause

• hasty generalization

• red herring

• ad hominem

If you don’t keep your grades up in school, you’re not going to get a job and you’ll end up being a deadbeat.

• red herring

• ad hominem

• scare tactic

• hasty generalization