LOGICAL FALLACIES

McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.

• Post Hoc

• False Analogy

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Michael Jordan, battery ad.

• Bandwagon Appeal

• Post Hoc

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Authority

Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

• Hasty Generalization
• Post Hoc
• Bandwagon Appeals
• False Dilemma

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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.

• Causal Fallacy

• Appeal to False Authority

• Bandwagon appeal

• Faulty Analogy

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.

• Non Sequitur 
• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• Card Stacking

People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad hominem
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization
• slippery slope

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Name the Minifigure.

• Emmet Brickowski
• Clutch Powers
• Frank Rock
• Jack Stone