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Fallacies

Authored by Faith Capers

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 25+ times

Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An error in reasoning

Falsehood

Rhetorical Devices

Logical Fallacies

Mistake

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Everyone voted for Sarah as class president, so I am going to vote for her too. 

Ad Hominem

Hasty Generalization

Bandwagon

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

People who do not support the proposed state minimum wage increase hate the poor.

Straw Man

False Analogy

Red Herring

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 • 1 pt

Match the definition with the fallacy: "if you allow x to happen, then y will happen"

Bandwagon

Slippery Slope

Scare Tactic

Ad Hominem

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Slippery Slope

Scare Tactic

Bandwagon

Ad Hominem

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow, and before you know it, you will have gained back the 15 pounds you lost.

hasty generalization
slippery slope
bad analogy
loaded language

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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