Logical Fallacies

McDonald's Hamburgers must be good because over 99 billion have been served.

• Circular Reasoning

• False Cause

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

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Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

• Ad hominem
• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Stereotyping

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I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him. 

• Hasty Generalization
• Straw Man
• Bandwagon Appeal
• Appeal to False Authority

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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.

• Non Sequitur 
• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• Bandwagon Appeal

People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad hominem
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization
• slippery slope

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CCSS.RI.8.8

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He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.

• ad hominem
• bandwagon appeal
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization

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When something is written as a fact, it means

• it is always true
• it may or may not be true but it has to be something that can be tested or verified.
• it might me true and there is no way to verify.

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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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The phrase "Ninety percent of all people surveyed said that Wendy's 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.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

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 Teacher: If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of 

• Argument from Authority
• The Bandwagon Fallacy
• An Ad Hominem attack
• The Slippery Slope Fallacy

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CCSS.RI.8.8

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