Debate Skills Review (Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Fallacies)

"Vote for me because the other candidate is a cheat and a liar!"

• Red herring

• Ad hominem

• Slippery slope

• Bandwagon

Which logical fallacy implies that because something is popular, that makes it right/valid?

• Slippery slope

• False authority

• Hasty generalization

• Bandwagon

If I eat this donut today, I'll probably do it again tomorrow and the next day, and then I'll never be able to eat healthily again.

• False authority

• Hasty generalization

• Slippery slope

• Appeal to nature

Sure, we haven't given raises in over five years to our employees, but we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too.

• Strawman fallacy

• False authority

• Red herring

• Slippery slope

Consider the following exchange:
Omar: I think capital punishment is a necessary component of our justice system and should remain legal.
Kayla: So you are saying that murder should be legal and it is okay for us to go around killing people just because we think they deserve it? That isn't right.
Of what fallacy is Kayla guilty?

• Ad hominem

• Straw man
• Slippery slope

• Post hoc

Lisa is trying to raise money for her university's library. In her address to the board of trustees, she says, "We must raise tuition to cover the cost of new books. Otherwise, the school library will close!"
Of what fallacy is this an example?

• Strawman
• Black-and-white (false dichotomy)

• Overgeneralization
• False analogy

“President Jones raised taxes, and then the rate of violent crime went up. Therefore, I think Jones is responsible for the rise in crime."

• Post hoc

• Black-and-white
• False analogy

• Ad hominem 

While doing research for her debate topic on school uniforms, Sara discovered that a local elementary school survey indicated that 72% of its 1st graders wanted uniforms. She used this as evidence to support that all high schools should wear school uniforms.
What fallacy did Sara use here?

• Slippery slope

• Straw man

• Overgeneralization
• Black-and-white

Method of persuasion that appeals to EMOTIONS and FEELINGS.

• ethos
• pathos
• logos

Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts.

• ethos
• logos
• pathos