Logical Fallacies
Authored by Tammy Howell
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A personal attack meant to discredit one’s opponent
Ad Hominem
Appeal to Nature
Bandwagon
Circular Reasoning
Guilt by Association
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Assumes the NATURAL choice is always the best choice
Ad Hominem
Appeal to Nature
Bandwagon
Circular Reasoning
Guilt by Association
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Assumes the POPULAR choice is always the best choice
Ad Hominem
Appeal to Nature
Bandwagon
Circular Reasoning
Guilt by Association
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Supports a claim with the claim itself
Red Herring
Appeal to Nature
Bandwagon
Circular Reasoning
Guilt by Association
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The use of a completely unrelated topic in support of a claim
Red Herring
Appeal to Nature
Bandwagon
Circular Reasoning
Guilt by Association
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Unfair negative association with another person or group that is intended to discredit
Red Herring
Appeal to Nature
Bandwagon
Circular Reasoning
Guilt by Association
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.7.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other
False Causation
False Dichotomy
Hasty Generalization
Straw Man
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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