Appeals and Fallacies

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

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

• ad hominem

• red herring

• circular logic

• straw man

In order to really look at the problem of global warming, we must first consider how the homeless suffer when it is cold.

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• straw man

• red herring

Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood

Ex: "If you don't buy this product, you risk injury and death."

• Slippery Slope

• Scare Tactics

• Appeal to False Authority

• Straw Man

Misrepresenting or twisting someone's argument so it's easier to attack and knockdown

Ex: Wife: I'd rather have a dog than a cat.Husband: Why do you hate cats?

• Scare Tactics

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

Sentimental Appeal

• Playing on readers' emotions to distract them from the facts

  Ex: ASPCA ads effectively designed to make you feel like a heartless jerk if you don't donate.

• An inference drawn from insufficient evidence.

  Ex: My new Toyota broke down, so all Toyotas must be poorly made.

• Unfair oversimplification of an issue by providing only two options as a possible solution

  Ex: "If you aren't first, you're last."

• Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood

  Ex: "If you don't buy this product, you risk injury and death."

Saying that men don't ever ask for directions

• stereotype
• red herring
• bad analogy
• ad hominem

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos

Which logical fallacy is used in this comic strip?

• Ad hominem

• Straw man

• Non Sequitur