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Logical Fallacies

Authored by Amanda Rubine

English

9th - 12th Grade

30 Questions

CCSS covered

Used 8+ times

Logical Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People either like coffee or hate it.

Ad Hominem

Either/Or

Red herring

Band Wagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.

Hasty Generalization

Post Hoc

Bandwagon Appeal

Appeal to False Authority

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”

Appeal to False Authorirty
Bandwagon Appeal
Faulty Analogy
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

30 sec • 1 pt

I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug.

Ad hominem

Hasty Generalization

Either/Or

Appeal to False Authority

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

30 sec • 1 pt

Mike: It is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?

Ken: But what is morality exactly?

Mike: It’s a code of conduct shared by cultures.

Ken: But who creates this code?...

ad hominem

red herring

band wagon

faulty analogy

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

20 sec • 1 pt

An argument that appeals to popular opinion as the basis for its truth.

hasty generalization

Contradictory Premises

Genetic Fallacy

Bandwagon fallacy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

appeal to nature

ad hominem

non sequitur

bandwagon fallacy

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

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