English 2 Practice: Logical Fallacies
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9th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
You should eat at McDonald's because they have served over 9.9 billion.
Post Hoc
False Analogy
Red Herring
Bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.
Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Bandwagon
False Dilemma
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Look at that face--would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president?
Cherry Picking
Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Ad Hominem
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
Post Hoc
This is a logical argument and contains no fallacy.
Bandwagon
Straw Man
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.
Hasty Generalization
Straw Man
Bandwagon
False Authority
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 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.
False Dilemma
Slippery Slope
This is a logical argument and contains no fallacy.
Post Hoc
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you don't donate money to the Humane Society, you are saying you are okay with animal abuse.
Ad Hominem
Hasty Generalization
False Dilemma
This is a logical argument and contains no fallacy.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
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