Logical Fallacies
Authored by Lorilee Sidamon
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Attacking the arguer instead of the argument
Slippery Slope
False Dilemma
Ad Hominem
Straw Man
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
20 sec • 1 pt
Oversimplifying the argument by reducing it to only two sides or choices
Slippery Slope
Either / Or
Appeal to Authority
Straw Man
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Ignoring someone's actual position, distorting it or exaggerating it in an extreme way, and then attacking the extreme distortion as if that is really the claim the person is making.
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
Begging the Question
Straw Man
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
20 sec • 1 pt
Assuming that a proposed step will set off a chain of events that would eventually lead to one major bad event.
Slippery Slope
Begging the Question
False Dilemma
Red Herring
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Justifying a claim because a large group favors it
Glittering Generality
Bandwagon
Appeal to Emotion
Appeal to Questionable Authority
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Rushing to a conclusion without relevant facts to support it
Red Herring
Ad Hominem
Black and White
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
20 sec • 1 pt
Engaging in a diversionary tactic that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them
Circular Argument
Appeal to Ignorance
Red Herring
Straw Man
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
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