Logical Fallacies review

"My friend at work got sick after having the flu shot. That's why I don't get the flu shot; it doesn't work."

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• False Analogy

• Ad Populum

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

"We can debate taxes all day, but the bottom line is that my opponent is really just a greedy pig!"

• Circular Reasoning

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

• Ad Homiem

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Mom: Sweetie, it's time to go to bed.

Child: Oh, hey mom, did I ever ask you how you and dad met?

• Red Herring

• False Analogy

• Begging the Question

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

"When will you learn that I'm right because I'm right?"

• Non-Sequitur

• Ad Populum

• Circular Reasoning

• False Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

"I just failed that test because I didn't have breakfast this morning."

• False Analogy

• Begging the Question

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

John: Do you want to go to McDonald’s?

Joe: No way! Gross! Do you know what’s in that stuff? Preservatives, artificial dyes, growth hormones, antibiotics…the list goes on and on.

John: Well, I don’t like eating dirt and that’s all that’s left if you’re going to be “all natural,” so I’m getting a Big Mac.

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Begging the Question

• Non-Sequitur

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

"Everyone in my class has a cell phone. Can I please get one for Christmas?"

• Begging the Question

• Ad Populum

• Circular Reasoning

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

"You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings."

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

• A Hominem

• False Analogy

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

"All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs."

• Hasty Generalization

• Non-Sequitur

• Straw Man

• Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

"If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan."

• False Analogy

• Begging the Question

• Red Herring

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1