Rhetorical Fallacies and Devices Assessment

It is to attack the person, not the idea.

• Strawman Fallacy

• False Dilemma

• Bandwagon

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It is an argument that distracts you from the real issue.

• Hasty Generalization

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• False Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The following statement is an example of:

"I saw a basketball player sneeze, so all basketball players have allergies."

• Strawman Fallacy

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

It is to argue that a course of action will result in a certain chain of events.

• Hasty Generalization

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The following statement is an example of:

"If I eat this doughnut today, I'll probably eat another donut tomorrow."

• Hasty Generalization

• False Dilemma

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The following statement is an example of:

"Emily didn't like pizza, but when she saw Selena Gomez say that she loved all kinds of pizza, she began eating pizza every Friday."

• Post Hoc

• Bandwagon

• Red Herring

• Hasty Generalization

The following is an example of:

"We can't raise salaries, but we still provide great benefits for our employees."

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The following statement is an example of:

“You have no idea what you're talking about; you've only lived here for six months.”

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• False Dilemma

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty."

• Understatement

• Metaphor

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor it cannot save the few who are rich"

• antithesis

• anaphora

• hyperbole

• long sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4