Rhetorical Appeals and Logical Fallacies

Rhetorical Appeals and Logical Fallacies

9th - 12th Grade

12 Qs

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Rhetorical Appeals and Logical Fallacies

Rhetorical Appeals and Logical Fallacies

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.8.1, RI.11-12.5, RI.8.8

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jessica Palombo

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

12 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of logical fallacy is the following:

She took a drink of water from the fountain, and the next day, she was sick. The public drinking fountain must have made her sick.

Post Hoc

Ad hominem

Ad poplum

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of rhetorical appeal is the following:

A baseball player telling you to buy fried chicken from KFC because he loves it.

Logos

Pathos

Ethos

Ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of logical fallacy is a diversion tactic?

Straw Man

Red Herring

Post Hoc

Non-sequitur

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of rhetorical appeal is the following:

"If my years as a Marine taught me anything, it is that caution is the best policy in this sort of situation."

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of logical fallacy is the following:

"Everyone is recycling their bottles, so we should start doing it too."

Straw Man

False Analogy

Begging the Question

Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of logical fallacy is the following:

My cake is the best cake because I made it.

Ad populum

Ad hominem

Post Hoc

Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of rhetorical appeal is the following:

"Buy our security system because your family's safety is priceless."

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Ad populum

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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