Logical Fallacies and Rhetoric

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9th - 12th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since social media became mainstream. Social media is to blame for this deterioration in the family.

ad hominem attack

circular reasoning

correlation vs causation

equivocation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"My opponent raises a really good point, but can we really trust him? He moved to this town three years ago and everyone knows his wife left him.

strawman

correlation vs causation

band wagon

ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Oh, please. What do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job.

equivocation

slippery slope

ad hominem

bandwagon effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important. Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

straw man

false dichotomy

bandwagon effect

ad hominem attack

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Global chocolate consumption is highest in Switzerland, yet people there are among the trimmest in the industrialized world. Therefore, it’s reasonable to conclude that chocolate helps keep your weight down.

correlation vs causation

bandwagon effect

straw man

equivocation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

ad hominem

red herring

circular logic

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An ad hominem attack

is a very effective debate strategy

goes after a person's argument.

is always against a popular idea.

is an attack on the person, not the argument

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

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Logical Fallacies and Rhetoric

Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since social media became mainstream. Social media is to blame for this deterioration in the family.

"My opponent raises a really good point, but can we really trust him? He moved to this town three years ago and everyone knows his wife left him.

Oh, please. What do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job.

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important. Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

Global chocolate consumption is highest in Switzerland, yet people there are among the trimmest in the industrialized world. Therefore, it’s reasonable to conclude that chocolate helps keep your weight down.

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

An ad hominem attack

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.

Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

You need to go to the party with me, otherwise you’ll just be bored at home.

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Logical Fallacies and Rhetoric

Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since social media became mainstream. Social media is to blame for this deterioration in the family.

"My opponent raises a really good point, but can we really trust him? He moved to this town three years ago and everyone knows his wife left him.

Oh, please. What do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job.

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important. Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

Global chocolate consumption is highest in Switzerland, yet people there are among the trimmest in the industrialized world. Therefore, it’s reasonable to conclude that chocolate helps keep your weight down.

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

An ad hominem attack

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

You need to go to the party with me, otherwise you’ll just be bored at home.

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Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.

Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.