Logical Fallacies Quiz

This occurs when an argument relies on the credibility of a person or authority figure instead of the strength of the actual evidence or reasoning.

• Appeal to Authority

• Slippery slope

• Bandwagon

• Cherry Picking

Asserting that a particular event will set off a chain reaction of negative consequences without sufficient evidence for that causal link.

• Slippery slope

• Ad Hominem

• Moving the Goalposts

• Anecdotal Evidence

Introducing irrelevant information or a distraction to divert attention away from the main issue.

• Red Herring

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Cherry Picking

• Straw Man

Relying on personal anecdotes or isolated examples as evidence rather than broader, more representative data.

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Slippery slope

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Authority

This fallacy occurs when someone distorts or misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack, often by oversimplifying or exaggerating it.

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Appeal to Authority

This fallacy involves drawing a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence, often from a small sample, without considering the broader context.

• Hasty Generalization

• Cherry Picking

• Slippery slope

• Appeal to Authority

Shifting the criteria or standards of an argument after the fact, often when the original standards have been met or disproven.

• Moving the Goalposts

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery slope

This fallacy happens when someone argues that because a belief or action is popular or widely accepted, it must be true or right.

• Bandwagon

• Moving the Goalposts

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

Attacking the person making the argument rather than addressing the substance of the argument itself.

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

When only select evidence is presented in order to persuade the audience to accept a position, and evidence that would go against the position is withheld.

• Cherry Picking

• Straw Man

• Appeal to Authority

• Hasty Generalization