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Logical Fallacies

Authored by Josiah Parks

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 75+ times

Logical Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which Logical Fallacy utilizes personal attacks

Adverb

Logos

Ad Hominem

False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Tyler's friends are all obnoxious, he's a bad kid," Which Fallacy does this statement use?

Guilt By Association

Red Herring

Overstatement

This is not a Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which Fallacy turns a small detail into a ridiculous statement to discredit their opponent?

Band Wagon

Circular Reasoning

Strawman

Burden of Proof

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

People either like coffee or hate it.

Ad Hominem

Either/Or

Red herring

Band Wagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

Non Sequitur

Slippery Slope

Red herring

Faulty analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs.

Ad Hominem

Hasty Generalization

Non Sequitur

Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

Appeal to False Authority

Either/ Or

Bandwagon

Slippery Slope

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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