Logical Fallacies Practice
Authored by Ebony Beckham
English
8th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
You should never gamble! Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you will spend all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime just to support your gambling addiction.
Bandwagon
Appeal to Authority
Hasty Generalization
Slippery Slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I guess I should buy my 14 year old a new iPhone since everyone at her school has one.
Ad Hominem
Bandwagon
Sentimental Appeal
Appeal to false authority
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
My sister loves shopping, so all girls must love to shop too.
Hasty Generalization
Bandwagon
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If we use one more can of hairspray this month, the ozone layer will not exist, and we will not exist!
Bandwagon
Slippery slope
Ad Hominem
Appeal to False Authority
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A man owns a Ford truck. It breaks down. A friend of his reports that he once had a Ford that also broke down. The two men reason that all Fords must be unreliable, shoddy vehicles.
Bandwagon
Self-contradiction
Hasty-generalization
Slippery Slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What logical fallacy is being used here by President Trump in speaking about individuals crossing the Mexican border, seeking asylum?
“Some people call it an ‘invasion. It’s like an invasion. They have violently overrun the Mexican border...
“They’ve overrun the Mexican police, and they’ve overrun and hurt badly Mexican soldiers. So this isn’t an innocent group of people."
Scare Tactics
Slippery Slope
Hasty Generalization
Sentimental Appeal
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Jamila is running for class president. In her campaign speech she says, "Xavier does not deserve to win. He is a smoker and He cheated on his reading quizzes last year."
What fallacy has Jamila committed?
Appeal to False Authority
Either/Or
Ad Hominem
Bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.7.8
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