Name that Fallacy!

Name that Fallacy!

7th Grade

5 Qs

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Name that Fallacy!

Name that Fallacy!

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.7.1, L.6.6, RI.7.8

+10

Standards-aligned

Used 3+ times

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I guess I should buy my daughter an iPhone for Christmas.

All of her friends at school have one, and I don't want her to feel left out.

Appeal to Authority

Appeal to Crowd

Appeal to Ignorance

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Benny: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality education is important to me!

Lenny: And where do you expect the U.S. Government to get the money to do that?

Should they pull it from the military? Is that what you want?

You want us to be a defenseless country?

False Dilemma

Slippery Slope

Appeal to Ignorance

Straw Man

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him?

I mean, he moved into this town only two years ago,

and his family disowned in that same time!

Causal Fallacy

Ad Hominem

Red Herring

Appeal to Crowd

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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If I don't take this class then I won't do well on the AP exam.

If I don't do well on the exam then I won't get into my preferred college,

and if I don't get into my preferred college then I'll never get a job I love.

Causal Fallacy

False Dilemma

Red Herring

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I know you don't want me to drive the car because I am still so young,

but I was going to pick up coffee. I know how much you love coffee!

Ad Hominem

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1