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logical fallacies

Authored by Justin Lee

Science

9th Grade

11 Questions

CCSS covered

Used 3+ times

logical fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.

Post Hoc

False Analogy

Red Herring

Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Michael Jordan, battery ad.

Bandwagon Appeal
Post Hoc
Red Herring
False Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Bandwagon Appeals
False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

Ad hominem
Categorical Claim
Exaggeration
Stereotyping

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

ad hominem

red herring

circular logic

straw man

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

There is a lot of commotion regarding saving the environment. We cannot make this world an Eden. What will happen if it does become Eden? Adam and Eve got bored there!

red herring

moral equivalence

non sequitur

straw man

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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