Fallacies
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Senator Ribbit is a liar. You shouldn't listen to him on anything.
circular reasoning
ad hominem
slippery slope
red herring
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If we let the government implant tracking devices in criminals, it's not going to stop there! They're going to want to track school children and eventually everyone!
either/or
slippery slope
non sequitur
faulty cause and effect
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
You've got to teach the boys logic! If you don't teach them logic, they won't learn how to think! And they'll become hobos and die in prison! Don't you care about your sons? (Mother to Father)
either/or
hasty generalization
faulty cause and effect
strawman
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Politician Running for Public Office: You can all trust what I say. I have never lied in my life.
strawman
faulty authority
circular reasoning/begging the question
non sequitur
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There's no point listening to you. Everybody knows you're just a little do-gooder.
ad hominem
circular reasoning
bandwagon
faulty analogy
Tags
CCSS.L.2.1E
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1G
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
God did not create the world six thousand years ago because matter has always existed, and therefore the world has always existed.
non sequitur
circular reasoning
faulty analogy
hasty generalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you're going to add that much salt to the soup, you might as well pour the whole box in!
slippery slope
ad hominem
faulty analogy
hasty generalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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