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Retake: Logical Fallacies Wizer

Authored by PRISCILLA FORD

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 4+ times

Retake: Logical Fallacies Wizer
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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Either we go to war, or we appear weak.

Strawman

False Dilemma

Ad Hominem

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which fallacy is pictured?

Slippery Slope

Ad Hominem

False Dilemma

Texas Sharpshooter

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

 Teacher: If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of:

Texas Sharpshooter

Straw Man

Ad Hominem

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 5 pts

A girl tells her boyfriend she’d prefer Chinese food over Pizza tonight. The boyfriend rolls his eyes and tells her that she must hate pizza.

False Dilemma

Straw Man

Ad Hominem

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Lisa sold her first startup to an influential tech company, so she must be a successful entrepreneur. (She ignores the fact that four of her startups have failed since then.)

Straw Man

Ad Hominem

Slippery Slope

Texas Sharpshooter

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

An abusive attack against someone making the argument, instead of the argument itself, is called a/an:

Texas Sharpshooter

False Dilemma

Straw Man

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A seemingly unimportant event is suggested to lead to a more significant event, which leads to an even more significant event, and so on...

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

False Dilemma

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

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