Fallacy Terms Review and Practice

Which fallacy?

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

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Faulty causality

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which Fallacy?

"People either like coffee or hate it."

"You are for us, or you are against us."

• Ad Hominem

• Either/Or

• Begging the Question

• Slippery Slope

Which Fallacy?

"I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him."

• Hasty Generalization

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to False Authority

• Either/Or

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which Fallacy?

"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

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Bandwagon

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• Hasty Generalization

• Bandwagon

• Either/or

• Weak analogy

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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

Which Fallacy?

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

• Hasty Generalization

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man Argument

• Appeal to Authority

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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

Which Fallacy?

"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

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man Argument

• Appeal to Ignorance

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which Fallacy?

"Luke didn't want to eat his vegetables, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who don't have anything to eat."

• Hasty generalization

• Appeal to Pity/Emotion

• Weak Analogy

• Non-Sequitor

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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

Which Fallacy?

"Doctors refer to medical books all the time when they are treating patients. In the same way, I should be allowed to use a textbook in my medical exam."

• Faulty Causality

• Straw Man Argument

• Authority Fallacy

• Either/Or

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which Fallacy?

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

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Ad Hominem

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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