Logical Fallacies

My grandmother ate 10 cloves of raw garlic every day. Not surprisingly she lived to be 102.

• Faulty Causality

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

I guess that I should buy my 12 year old an iPhone since everyone else has one.

• Bandwagon

• Either/Or

• Scare Tactic

• Sentimental Appeal

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

If you don't say the Pledge of Allegiance, then you must be a traitor.

• Either/Or

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to False Authority

• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Studies show that it takes up to seven years for the human body to digest a piece of gum.

• Sentimental Appeal

• Appeal to False Authority

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• Faulty Causality

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Either/Or

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.

• Ad Hominem

• Scare Tactic

• Straw Man

• Hasty Generalization

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

We think that Malltime will be a success because all little girls like shopping.

• Hasty Generalization

• Appeal to False Authority

• Either/Or

• Sentimental Appeal

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

There is definitely a link between dementia and drinking energy drinks. I read about it on Wikipedia.

• Appeal to False Authority

• Bandwagon

• Scare Tactic

• Either/Or

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Every time I was my car, it rains. Me washing my car has a definite effect on the weather.

• Faulty Causality

• Either/Or

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

If I don't take the right classes in high school, then I won't be able to get into a good college. If I don't get into a good college, then I won't be able to get a job. If I can't get a job, then I am going to end up homeless.

• Slippery Slope

• Sentimental Appeal

• Straw Man

• Faulty Causality

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1