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.

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• ad populum

• straw man

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

• false dilemma

• post hoc

• ad populum

• false authority

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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.

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• loaded questioning

• false authority

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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.

• straw man

• false analogy

• false authority

• 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

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

• ad hominem

• loaded questioning

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1