Logical Fallacy Check

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. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"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

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

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

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

“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.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

Charlie: Fast food is filled with salt, fat and sugar. We need to better regulate this industry.

Bob: Whatever, fatso! I just watched you devour a Triple-Baconator, super-sized fries and 64 ounces of pop.

• ad hominem

• appeal to false authority

• appeal to emotion

• scare tactic

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

If you don’t say the Pledge of Allegiance, then you must be a traitor.

• ad hominem

• scare tactic

• either/or

• straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Studies show it takes up to seven years for the human body to digest a piece of gum.

• Hasty generalization

• either/or

• straw man

• appeal to false authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1