Logical Fallacies

Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

• Hasty Generalization
• Post Hoc
• Bandwagon Appeals
• False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

• Ad hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Stereotyping

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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

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.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon Appeal

• 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

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.

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

• Circular Reasoning

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad hominem
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization
• 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

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

• ad hominem

• red herring

• circular logic

• straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

The red bicycle is red.

• circular logic

• red herring

• either/or

• straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

There is a lot of commotion regarding saving the environment. We cannot make this world an Eden. What will happen if it does become Eden? Adam and Eve got bored there!

• red herring

• moral equivalence

• non sequitur

• straw man

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating.

• slippery slope

• red herring

• circular reasoning

• hasty generalization

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.1