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Classifying Fallacies

Authored by Lacey Moss

English

7th - 8th Grade

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Classifying Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A personal attack meant to discredit one's opponent:

false causation

guilt by association

ad hominem

appeal to nature

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An argument that assumes the natural choice is always the best choice:

appeal to nature

circular reasoning

red herring

false dichotomy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An argument that assumes the popular choice is always the best choice

ad hominem

straw man

hasty generalization

bandwagon fallacy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An argument that supports a claim with the claim itself:

circular reasoning

false causation

red herring

straw man

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An unfair negative association with another person or group that is intended to discredit someone or something:

red herring

bandwagon fallacy

guilt by association

hasty generalization

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the use of a completely unrelated topic in support of a claim:

ad hominem

hasty generalization

circular reasoning

red herring

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other:

false causation

false dichotomy

hasty generalization

straw man

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