Logical Fallacies (False Logic)
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Logical Fallacies (False Logic)
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
beginning with what you try to end with; A is true because B is true; B is true because A is true.
circular reasoning
post hoc ergo propter hoc
hasty generalization
ad hominem
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“after this, therefore, because of this;” assuming a cause-and-effect relationship exists when there is not one.
post hoc ergo propter hoc
hasty generalization
ad hominem
false authority
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
jumping to a conclusion based on insufficient evidence.
hasty generalization
ad hominem
false authority
bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“against the man;” attacking the individual rather than their position.
ad hominem
false authority
bandwagon
slippery slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
using an unidentified authority or an authority outside the area of expertise.
false authority
bandwagon
slippery slope
red herring
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
peer pressure, persuasion based on the the foundation that everybody’s doing it.
bandwagon
slippery slope
red herring
circular reasoning
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
one thing leads to another and another and another. . . creates a “snowball” effect.
slippery slope
red herring
circular reasoning
post hoc ergo propter hoc
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
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