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Fallacy Review

Authored by Carrie Guba

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Fallacy Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since feminism became mainstream. Feminism is to blame for this deterioration in the family.

ad hominem

appeals to emotion

faulty causality

bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I'm raising money to help cure XYZ disease. If you do not donate, you are part of the problem.

either/or

slippery slope

sentimental appeal

straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"My opponent raises a really good point, but can we really trust him? He moved to this town three years ago and everyone knows his wife left him.

scare tactic

slippery slope

hasty generalization

ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The economy grows as the number of likes on my Instagram account continue to increase. Clearly, the two are linked.

faulty causality

hasty generalization

scare tactic

bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Oh, please. What do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job.

hasty generalization

slippery slope

ad hominem

scare tactic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“Do you want to live in a world where you can get breakfast from McDonald’s all day, or would you rather live in a dictatorship?”

faulty causality

slippery slope

appeal to false authority

either/or

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“She was wearing cowboy boots in her last Instagram picture so she must be into country music.”

bandwagon

either/or

hasty generalization

straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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