Fallacies

Senator Ribbit is a liar. You shouldn't listen to him on anything.

• circular reasoning

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• red herring

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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

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

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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

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

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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

There's no point listening to you. Everybody knows you're just a little do-gooder.

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

• bandwagon

• faulty analogy

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

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

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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

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

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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

You can buy the new Sensitivity perfume, or you can smell bad all day.

• faulty analogy

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

I don't think we need to talk to the people in the Justice Department about the practicality of enforcing this bill. The Justice Department is full of Democrats, and they are already biased against it.

• ad hominem

• faulty cause and effect

• faulty analogy

• bandwagon

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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

Identify the fallacy.

• either/or choices

• scare tactics

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5