Logical Fallacies

"My friend at work got sick after having the flu shot. That's why I don't get the flu shot; it doesn't work."

• Hasty Generalization

• Appeal to False Authority

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

“How can you give relationship advice when you’ve never been in a relationship longer than two weeks?”

• Ad Hominem

• Faulty Causality

• Sentimental Appeal

• Bandwagon

“If you don’t buy these shoes now, you won’t be cool because all of the cool kids have these.”

• Appeal to False Authority

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon

• Either/ Or

"Oprah loves this face cream, so I have to get it."

• Sentimental Appeal

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to False Authority

• Slippery Slope

"We can debate taxes all day, but the bottom line is that my opponent is really just a greedy pig!"

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Faulty Causality

• Either/ Or

"I just failed that test because I didn't have breakfast this morning."

• Faulty Causality

• Ad Hominem

• Either/ Or

• Slippery Slope

America: Love it or leave it

• Either/ Or

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon

• Scare Tactics

John: Do you want to go to McDonald’s?

Joe: No way! Gross! Do you know what’s in that stuff? Preservatives, artificial dyes, growth hormones, antibiotics...the list goes on and on.

John: Well, I don’t like eating dirt and that’s all that’s left if you’re going to be “all natural,” so I’m getting a Big Mac.

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Scare Tactics

• Sentimental Appeal

"Everyone in my class has a cell phone. Can I please get one for Christmas?"

• Bandwagon

• Sentimental Appeal

• Scare Tactics

• Slippery Slope

The legalization of marijuana will lead to the legalization of all street drugs and many people will overdose and die.

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

• Sentimental Appeal

• Either/ Or