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logical fallacies

Authored by Chris Windnagle

English

11th Grade

60 Questions

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.

Post Hoc

False Analogy

Red Herring

Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Michael Jordan, battery ad.

Bandwagon Appeal
Post Hoc
Red Herring
False Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Bandwagon Appeals
False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.

Faulty Analogy
False Dilemma
Ad Hominem
Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.

Post Hoc Ergo Propter hoc
Appeal to False Authority
Bandwagon appeal
Faulty Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 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
Circular Reasoning
Card Stacking

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug. 

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 
Hasty Generalization
Either/Or
Appeal to False Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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