Logical Fallacies

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English
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8th - 10th Grade
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Thalia Holingue
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"This is the best band because they make the best music!" This statement is an example of which logical fallacy?
Bandwagon
Ad hominem
Circular Reasoning
No fallacy
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"
Stereotyping/
Generalization
Circular Reasoning
Ad hominem
Affinity Fraud
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
circular reasoning
ad hominem
false dilemma (either/or reasoning)
bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.
circular reasoning
ad hominem
slippery slope
appeal to authority
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Look, either you love me and buy me chocolates, or you hate me and we never speak again.
ad hominem
slippery slope
false dilemma (either/or reasoning)
hasty generalization
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
My professor, who has a Ph.D. in Astronomy, once told me that ghosts are real. Therefore, ghosts are real.
slippery slope
appeal to false authority
ad hominem
circular reasoning
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.
Appeal to false authority
False dilemma
Ad hominem
Slippery Slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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