
Logical Fallacies First Set
Authored by Roberta Golliher
English
9th - 11th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ignores someone's actual argument and presents a distorted or oversimplified version instead
false cause
straw man
bandwagon
circular argument
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Everytime I wash my car it rains; therefore, washing my car makes it rain."
ad hominem
false cause (post hoc, ergo propter hoc)
strawman
bandwagon
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
False Causation- Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Appeal to False Authority
Bandwagon appeal
Faulty Analogy
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
President Reagan was a great communicator because he had the knack of talking effectively to the people.
Faulty cause
Ad Hominem
Circular Reasoning
Strawman
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
An argument that assumes the truth of what it is trying to prove.
hasty generalization
circular reasoning (begging the question)
straw man argument
ad hominem
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The conclusions that one thing caused another simply because one happened before the other.
false dichotomy
false causation--post hoc, ergo propter hoc
circular reasoning
guilt by association
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
An argument that wrongly assumes there are only two possible positions.
false dichotomy
false causation
appeal to nature
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
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