Rhetorical Appeals and Logical Fallacies

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

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

Which type of logical fallacy is a diversion tactic?

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Post Hoc

• Non-sequitur

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

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

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

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

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

What kind of rhetorical appeal is the following:

"Don't be the last person to have your grass cut -- you wouldn't want to be the laughing stock of your neighborhood!"

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What kind of logical fallacy is the following:

"If you don't do your homework, you're going to fail and not graduate."

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc

• Circular Reasoning

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What kind of logical fallacy is this:

They came to the party, but they left after ten minutes because they said it was lame."

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• 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