Logical Fallacies

Which fallacy is used when an expert or celebrity is used to prop up an unrelated argument?

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

• Circular Reasoning

• Force and Fear

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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

Which fallacy is used when one attacks the opponent's character instead of attacking their argument?

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

• Slippery Slope

• Circular Reasoning

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Amy says she believes more funding should go to Medicare and Medicaid. Her friend says, "So you believe that people who eat junk food all day should get a free handout for their emergency room visits?" What kind of fallacy is her friend using?

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• False Dichotomy

• Force and Fear

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which fallacy is used in the advertisement pictured?

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

• Non Sequitur

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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

"Violent video games cause people to become violent because violent people play violent video games." Which fallacy is used in this argument?

• Non Sequitur

• Appeal to Pity

• Post Hoc

• Circular Reasoning

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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

Which fallacy is used when someone draws a false conclusion based on a very small sample size?

• False Dichotomy

• Non Sequitur

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc

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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

Which fallacy uses unrelated information to distract someone from the main argument?

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Appeal to Pity

• Appeal to Authority

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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

Which fallacy provides two false choices and claims you can only choose one?

• False Dichotomy

• False Analogy

• Appeal to Authority

• Ad Hominem

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"My softball team was losing until I started wearing my lucky socks, so my lucky socks help us win." Which logical fallacy is being used here?

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc

• Bandwagon

• 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

"If you use nicotine, before you know it, you'll be smoking pot, which will lead to you using cocaine and hard drugs, and then you'll end up on the street." While there are plenty of reasons not to use nicotine, which logical fallacy is being used here?

• Non Sequitur

• False Analogy

• Circular Reasoning

• Slippery Slope

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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