Logical Fallacies

We should move to the Midwest because the Wall Street Journal says the cost of living is cheaper there.

• begging the question

• appeal to authority

• straw man

• 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

You didn't remember to take out the trash this morning. It will pile up and the neighbors will complain and the health inspectors will come and take away the kids.

• slippery slope

• strawman

• begging the question

• hasty generalization

Don't believe what Kim says about global warming. Kim dropped out of college!

• slippery slope

• ad hominem

• false cause and effect

• 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

"As soon they started to put vitamins and minerals in breakfast cereal, many of my friends started to die. We obviously shouldn't mess with natural whole grains, should we?" This passage commits the fallacy of...

• begging the question

• ad hominem

• false cause and effect

• 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

"The Bible is the Word of God because it is in the Bible" is an example of the fallacy of:

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• 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

Either you live in the north, or you don't like the snow.

• bandwagon

• either or fallacy

• appeal to emotions

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