Logical Fallacies Practice

I was going to go to your birthday party, but then all of my friends told me that they weren't going to go, so I'm not either.

• Circular Reasoning

• Bandwagon

• False Authority

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Senator Jones says that we should not fund the attack submarine program. I disagree entirely! He is a Democrat and doesn't know what he is talking about.

• Over-generalization

• False Cause

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

It has been concluded from a recent study involving more than 100, 000 people in Florida that 43 percent of the American people now spend at least two hours a day in some form of recreational activity.

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The Bridges of Madison County must be a good book, it was on the bestseller list for over 50 weeks.

• Slippery Slope

• Oversimplification

• Hasty-generalization

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Andy: "Hey, what's with all this junk food you bought? You're always railing at me about eating healthy."

Aunt Jo: "Don't fuss--it was on sale."

• False Cause

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• Over-generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Bill purchases a new Mac and it works fine for months. He then installs a new piece of software. The next time he starts up his Mac it freezes. Bill concludes that the software must be the cause of the freeze.

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Appeal to Authority

• False Cause

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Happiness is the highest good for a human being, since all other values are inferior to it.

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Socrates' arguments about human excellence are rubbish. What could a man as ugly as he know about humane excellence.

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

• Self-Contradiction

• Oversimplification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

If you vote for me I can fix all of our school's problems.

• Circular Reasoning

• Self-Contradiction

• Oversimplification

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Children of faculty are brats. I baby-sit for one of my professors and his children are spoiled and demanding.

• Oversimplification

• Over-generalization

• Appeal to Authority

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1