Logical Fallacy Practice

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English

9th Grade - University

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

ad hominem

slippery slope

ad populum

straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

false dilemma

post hoc

ad populum

false authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Every time I wash my car, it rains the next day. My car washing definitely affects the weather.

hasty generalization

slippery slope

post hoc

ad populum

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

ad hominem

red herring

hasty generalization

false authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.

Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

straw man

false authority

ad populum

circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I’m raising funds to help cure XYZ disease. If you don’t donate, then you’re part of the problem.

hasty generalization

non sequitur

red herring

false dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Many women claim that they want to live in a peaceful world, but we must remember that there were no nuclear weapons before women were given the right to vote.

post hoc

circular reasoning

straw man

red herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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Logical Fallacy Practice

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

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

Every time I wash my car, it rains the next day. My car washing definitely affects the weather.

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

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.

Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

I’m raising funds to help cure XYZ disease. If you don’t donate, then you’re part of the problem.

Many women claim that they want to live in a peaceful world, but we must remember that there were no nuclear weapons before women were given the right to vote.

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.

My cousin Kit works as a mechanic at Oil Changers and she says that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, aren’t going to provide any help in fixing our nation’s energy crisis.

Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.

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Logical Fallacy Practice

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

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

Every time I wash my car, it rains the next day. My car washing definitely affects the weather.

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

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

I’m raising funds to help cure XYZ disease. If you don’t donate, then you’re part of the problem.

Many women claim that they want to live in a peaceful world, but we must remember that there were no nuclear weapons before women were given the right to vote.

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.

My cousin Kit works as a mechanic at Oil Changers and she says that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, aren’t going to provide any help in fixing our nation’s energy crisis.

Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.

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Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.

Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.