Logical Fallacy Practice

The red bicycle is red.

• circular logic

• red herring

• false dichotomy

  (either/or)

• straw man

Which logical fallacy attacks the person instead of the argument or the ideas?

• Good argument

• Straw man

• Ad Hominem

• Appeal to Authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which logical fallacy reduces a complicated argument to only 2 possible choices (for us or against us)?

• straw Man

• appeal to authority

• bandwagon

• False Dichotomy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Assumes that a proposed step will set off a chain of uncontrollable events.

• bandwagon appeal

• slippery slope

• circular reasoning

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

You should listen to Ellie Goulding because everyone is listening to her music.

• circular reasoning

• slippery slope

• hyperbole

• bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

A logical fallacy is...

• an error in reasoning

• a good idea

• a wrong answer

• a counterclaim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Match the definition with the fallacy: "attacking the character of the person instead of the idea"

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the definition with the fallacy: reducing complex issues into only TWO options"

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Equivocation

• False Dichotomy(either/or)

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Gina shouldn't be treasurer for our club. She failed Spanish two years ago.

• hasty generalization

• strawman

• ad hominem

• moral equivalence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Introducing an irrelevant topic to distract from the actual argument

• slippery slope

• ad hominem

• red herring

• straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1