Rhetoric, Evidence, Logical Fallacies

I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.

• Ad Hominem
• Hasty Generalization
• Affirming the Consequent
• Appeal to Irrelevant Authority

Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today.

• false analogy

• hasty generalization

• red herring

• False dichotomy

"Chick fil A is the greatest food chain in existence. Look at the crowds!"

• converse accident
• ad populum
• ad baculum

If you don’t say the Pledge of Allegiance, then you must be a traitor.

• ad hominem

• scare tactic

• either/or

• straw man

You can go to bed in 5 minutes or you can go to bed in ten minutes. What's your choice?

• Either/Or

• Slippery Slope

• False Authority

• Strawman Fallacy

A logical fallacy is

• A flaw in logic

• Seems true on the surface, but if you look closer doesn't make sense

• A bad way to make an argument

• All answers are correct

Is it a good thing to use a logical fallacy in a debate?

• Yes

• No

A red herring fallacy happens when...

• someone insults the other person instead of staying on topic

• someone changes the topic to distract the other person

• someone argues that something illogical (usually bad) will happen as a result of something else

• someone responds to the opening argument in a fair, logical way

This statement is an example of which logical fallacy? "I don't know how to complete my geometry homework tonight; I probably can't pass the course since I can't do this one assignment."

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

The following statement is an example of which logical fallacy? "Why worry about pandas going extinct, when we have the homeless in our country to worry about?"

• Slippery Slope

• Loaded Question

• Red Herring

• Hasty Generalization