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Rhetorical Fallacies

Authored by Liang Wei

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 33+ times

Rhetorical Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Definition: "Assumes a statement to be true​."

Begging the question

Red Herring

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Definition: "A distraction"

Red Herring

Strawman

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Definition: ​

Attack on character rather than argument​

Strawman

Begging the question

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Definition:

Oversimplifies an argument and attacks with a weaker argument.

Strawman

Red Herring

Begging the question

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

If you don’t like Lady Gaga, it’s because you hate women.

Ad Hominem

Begging the Question

Strawman

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A teacher tells Billy to stop talking, and he yells back: “Sarah was talking too!”

Ad Hominem

Red Herring

Strawman

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Taco is the best because it tastes better.

Begging the Question

Strawman

Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9B

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