Logical fallacies practice

Which logical fallacy presents information to distract from the main issue or argument being discussed.

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

Which logical fallacy occurs when a person rebuts an argument by misconstruing or oversimplifying it.

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning

• Straw Man

• False Analogy

"There are so many dishes all over the place! You never do your dishes!"

"What about you?! You never take out the trash!"

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning

• Straw Man

• False Analogy

A fifth grade teacher says her class needs to spend more time on math tasks. A parent complains, saying the teacher doesn’t care about literacy subjects.

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• False Analogy

• Circular Reasoning

Which fallacy is being used here? "Nearly 85% of Americans support school choice, so it must be the best option we have for the future of our education system."

• Begging the Question

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to Authority

• Ad Hominem

Which fallacy is being used here? "If we let the government regulate guns, they'll soon be regulating our marriages, our bank accounts, our pets. Who knows where this will go?"

• False Cause

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

Claiming that doing one thing will lead to a series of other worse things without providing evidence that this will happen

• False Cause

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Black or White

What is a logical fallacy?

• An error of reasoning, these are flawed statements that often sound true.

• a correct use of logic

• a different way to create an argument

• none of the above

“It must be cool because everyone is doing it…"

Is an example of...

• Slippery slope

• Bandwagon Approach

• Appeals to Authority

• Oversimplification or Card Stacking

Relying on opinion/experience of a few people as a means for making a judgment of the whole group.

• Post Hoc

• Hasty Genralization

• Slippery Slope

• Weak/False anaology