Logical Fallacy Check

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8th Grade

20 Qs

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Logical Fallacy Check

Logical Fallacy Check

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.8.8, SL.8.3, W.8.1B

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Donna Scheidt

Used 451+ times

FREE Resource

20 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Every time I wash my car, it rains the next day. My car washing definitely affects the weather.

ad hominem

appeals to emotion

faulty causality

bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I'm raising money to help cure XYZ disease. If you do not donate, you are part of the problem.

either/or

slippery slope

sentimental appeal

straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"My opponent raises a really good point, but can we really trust him? He moved to this town three years ago and everyone knows his wife left him.

scare tactic

slippery slope

hasty generalization

ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The economy grows as the number of likes on my Instagram account continue to increase. Clearly, the two are linked.

faulty causality

hasty generalization

scare tactic

bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Oh, please. What do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job.

hasty generalization

slippery slope

ad hominem

scare tactic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter the new iPhone. Everyone at her school has one, and her favorite celebrity, Taylor Swift, says they are the best device for listening to her hit songs.

sentimental appeal

slippery slope

bandwagon

either/or

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“She was wearing cowboy boots in her last Instagram picture so she must be into country music.”

bandwagon

either/or

hasty generalization

straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

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