logical fallacies

An ad hominem attack

• is a very effective debate strategy
• goes after a person's argument.
• is always against a popular idea.
• is an attack on the person, not the argument 

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

the phrase "Ninety percent of all people surveyed said that McDonalds is better than Burger King so it must be true."  represents which fallacy?

• The Straw Man Fallacy
• The Slippery Slope Fallacy
• The Bandwagon Fallacy
• The Argument from Authority Fallacy

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A personal attack meant to discredit one’s opponent

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Nature

• Bandwagon

• Circular Reasoning

• Guilt by Association

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other

• False Causation

• False Dichotomy

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

If you allow one student to take an online course, soon

everyone will want to, and the schools will be empty.

• Slippery Slope

• Band Wagon

• Ambiguity

• Insufficient Evidence

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Everyone seems to support the changes in the vacation policy, and if everyone likes them, they must be

good.

• Slippery Slope

• Band Wagon

• Misplaced Cause and Effect

• Ambiguity

If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and you GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless.

• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• False Dilemma
• Affirming the Consequent

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

False causation:

• 2 unrelated events made it happen

• the person is biased

• the person is a hypocrite

• the person

Strawman argument

• claims EVERYONE does it so you should too

• insults a person

• exaggerates to prove a point

• using fear to persuade you

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Using fear or guilt to win an argument

• appeal to emotion

• strawman

• red herring

• ad hominem

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1