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(Not Graded) Fallacy Practice

Authored by Brittany McCracken

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

(Not Graded) Fallacy Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There's no point in listening to your opinion on school lunches. Everybody knows you cheat on your math tests.

ad hominem

strawman

weak analogy

appeal to ignorance

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I am voting for Smith in the election because the rest of my family is.

Hasty Generalization

Bandwagon

Appeal to Authority

Non-Sequitur

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 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

Straw Man

Ad Hominem

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You visit a new country and the first person you meet at the airport is rude. You send a message to a friend back home that everyone in this new country is rude.

hasty generalization

weak analogy

false causality

appeal to pity

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.

Hasty Generalization

Bandwagon

Straw Man

Appeal to Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

Straw Man

Non Sequitur

Weak Analogy

Ad Hominem

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.

ad hominem

weak analogy

straw man

appeal to pity

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