Logical fallacy practice
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Which logical fallacy is a type of argument in which the conclusion comes back to the premise without providing any outside proof, meaning both sides of the argument are making the same point?
Red Herring
Straw Man
Circular Reasoning
False Analogy
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 10 pts
Which logical fallacy uses comparison to support a conclusion in a logical argument.
Red Herring
Straw Man
False Analogy
Circular Reasoning
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
"I deserve to have a later curfew, so you should let me stay out until 10pm!"
Red Herring
Straw Man
False Analogy
Circular Reasoning
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
"You have to invite Jenna to your party because it would not be nice not to invite Jenna."
Red Herring
Straw Man
False Analogy
Circular Reasoning
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
If we ever find aliens out there they will need oxygen in some form on their planet. We know this because all animals on this planet require oxygen.
Red Herring
Straw Man
False Analogy
Circular Reasoning
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The arguer attacks his/her opponent as a person instead of the opponents argument
Ad Hominem
Appeals to Authority
Band Wagon
Slippery Slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
I drank bottled water and now I am sick, so the water must have made me sick.
Hasty Generalization
False cause
Genetic Fallacy
Either/or
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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