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Unit 5 - Rhetoric and Logical Fallacies

Authored by Benjamin Michaud

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Unit 5 - Rhetoric and Logical Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Ethos, in an argument, represents . . .

The Argument Itself

The Speaker

The Audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pathos, in an argument, represents . . .

The Speaker

The Argument Itself

The Audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Logos, in an argument, represents . . .

The Argument Itself

The Audience

The Speaker

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Attacking an opponent's character or motives rather than answering the argument or claim is called -

Straw Man

Hasty Generalization

Ad Hominem

Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The belief in popular opinion, leading one to believe that a proposition is true merely because it is popular is called -

Bandwagon

Hasty Generalization

Propaganda

False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When two things appear to be connected, but there is no indication that one caused the other, it's called -

Red Herring

Prejudice

False Dilemma

False Causation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Presenting complex issues in terms of two inherently opposed sides is called -

False Dilemma

Ad Hominem

Hasty Generalization

False Causation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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