Logical Fallacies

An interruption between the initial idea and the conclusion.

• red herring

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• bandwagon fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

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.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9B

Substituting a person's actual position with a misrepresented (and usually weaker) version of their argument.

• straw man argument

• appeal to nature

• non sequitur

• guilt by association

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

An argument that wrongly assumes there are only two possible positions.

• false dichotomy

• false causation

• appeal to nature

• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.

• straw man argument

• false causation

• red herring

• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

"The Cardinals are the best football team because they're better than all the other teams."

• hasty generalization

• circular reasoning

• straw man argument

• ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1B

If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.

• Scare Tactic

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Faulty Causality

Why is this a logical fallacy?

• It only gives you two choices.
• It attacks Taylor Swift.
• It stereotypes singers.
• It says Taylor Swift is an expert on soda when she's a singer.

You visit a new country and the first person you meet in the airport is rude. You send a message to a friend back home that everyone in this new country is rude.

• hasty generalization
• bad analogy
• false cause
• loaded language

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos