Logical Fallacies Check

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

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Sally is asking Sam why he decided to buy a bunch of junk food when they had agreed to try to save money. Sam’s response is that Sally bought a new video game last week so she shouldn’t be criticizing him.

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"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.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"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.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

If we ban Hummers because they are bad for the environment eventually the government will ban all cars, so we should not ban Hummers.

• Slipper Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Argument

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies.

• Ad hominem

• Red Herring

• Moral Equivalence

• Begging the Claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Appeal to False Authority

• Presenting an unqualified person or institution as a source of credible information

  Ex: My 6th-grade teacher said that people will fall in love with someone who knows how to dance. Therefore, if I want to win some hearts, I need to learn to dance.

• Incorrect assumption that one event caused another event correlation does not imply causation.

  Ex: I dyed my hair red last week. This week, three other girls showed up to school with freshly dyed red hair. They must have made the change because they liked my hair.

• In Latin, this means: to the man. When you attack a person's character instead of the quality his/her ideas.

  Ex: Oh please , what do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job.

• Playing on readers' emotions to distract them from the facts

  Ex: ASPCA ads effectively designed to make you feel like a heartless jerk if you don't donate.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5