10/16-Logical Fallacies Quiz

Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

• Hasty Generalization

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

• False Dilemma

Why is this a logical fallacy?

"Don't listen to Mr. F when he says walk in the hallways. How can you trust someone who wears bow ties?"

• It appeals to authority.

• It tells you to do something because it's popular.

• It attacks the person.

• It gives you an unlikely outcome.

Why is this a logical fallacy?
"Everyone should like coffee: 95% of teachers do!"

• It tells you to like something because a lot of people do.
• It simplifies the argument.
• It generalizes the argument. 
• It says A is true and B is true so A+B must be true.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why is this a logical fallacy? "Annie must like Starbucks because all white girls like Starbucks."

• It changes the argument.
• It stereotypes.
• It connects two unrelated things.
• It reduces the argument.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

You need to go to the party with me, otherwise you’ll just be bored at home.

• hasty generalization

• bandwagon

• false dilemma

• tu quoque

Teacher: If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom.

• Red Herring

• The Bandwagon Fallacy

• An Ad Hominem attack

• The Slippery Slope Fallacy

What is a logical fallacy?

• An argument with a premise and a conclusion

• An argument that contains a non-statement

• An argument that contains mistake in reasoning

• When you think logically.

An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.

• tu quoque

• false causation

• red herring

• hasty generalization

the phrase "Ninety percent of all people surveyed said that McDonalds is better than Burger King so it must be true." represents which fallacy?

• The Tu Quoque Fallacy

• The Slippery Slope Fallacy

• The Bandwagon Fallacy

• The Red Herring Fallacy

"He wouldn't make a good president because he looks like a sad muppet."

• Slippery slope

• ad hominem

• bandwagon

• Tu Quoque