Logical Fallacies
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English
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5th - 7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominim
Bandwagon
Hasty Generalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.
Bandwagon
False Analogy
Red Herring
Slippery Slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
My cousin Bob works as a mechanic at Oil Changers and he says that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, aren’t going to provide any help in fixing our nation’s energy crisis.
False Authority
Straw Man
Bandwagon
Dogmatism
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There is definitely a link between autism and the vaccines given to toddlers. I know this because a Wikipedia entry mentioned numerous studies that found this to be true.
False Authority
Ad Hominim
Red Herring
False Analogy
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.6.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We think this new MallTime game app will be a success because all little girls like shopping.
Hasty Generalization
False Authority
Ad Hominim
Slippery Slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important. Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.
Strawman
Dogmatism
Red Herring
Bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.6.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him
Ad Hominem
Straw Man
Slippery Slope
Red Herring
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
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