Logical Fallacies, Rhetorical Appeals and Types of Reasoning

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

• ad hominem

• red herring

• circular logic

• straw man

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

There is a lot of commotion regarding saving the environment. We cannot make this world an Eden. What will happen if it does become Eden? Adam and Eve got bored there!

• red herring

• moral equivalence

• non sequitur

• straw man

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

We should stop using hairspray because it is snowing in New York.

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• ad hominem

• moral equivalence

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Al Gore feels that all companies are irresponsible and should be punished for allowing emissions which causes global warming.

• straw man

• red herring

• slippery slope

• either/or (black/white) (binary)

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating.

• slippery slope

• red herring

• circular reasoning

• hasty generalization

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

If we use just one more can of hairspray this month, earth as we know it will no longer exist.

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

• red herring

• straw man

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

In order to really look at the problem of global warming, we must first consider how the homeless suffer when it is cold.

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• straw man

• red herring

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

• straw man

• red herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The news is fake because so much of the news is fake.

• ad hominem

• moral equivalence

• non sequitur

• circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

An Argument that contains a mistakes in reasoning.

• Fallacy

• Weak analogy

• Logic

• Ethics

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1