Rhetorical Appeals/Devices & Logical Fallacies

Which logical fallacy is used in the text?

Did you know that Dale is back home living with his parents again and won't get a job? Gosh, millennials are such a lazy generation.

• Slipper slope fallacy: the false assumption that a small first step will lead to extreme consequences.

• Hasty generalization: a broad claim based on too few observations.

• Appeal to nature: the assumption that natural things are always good.

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Which logical fallacy is used in the text?

We can't let Governor McClain impose regulations on gas-guzzling cars! Soon enough, he'll start trying to ban all cars!

• Straw man: a misrepresentation of an opponent’s position that makes it easier to argue against.

• Circular reasoning: an argument that supports a claim with the claim itself.

• false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other.

• Slippery slope fallacy: the false assumption that a small first step will lead to extreme consequences.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

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Which logical fallacy is used in the text?

Yogurt is a healthful dietary choice because it's good for you.

• False causation: the assumption that because two things happened, one caused the other.

• Bandwagon fallacy: the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct.

• Circular reasoning: an argument that supports a claim with the claim itself.

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We should stop using hairspray because it is snowing in New York.

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• ad hominem

• moral equivalence

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What appeal is used in this advertisement?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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What appeal is being used in this picture?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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We need to stop allowing colleges to increase tuition every year. The next thing we know, it's going to cost more to attend college for one semester than it is to buy a new home!

• bandwagon
• slippery slope
• hasty generalization
• equivocation

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If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow, and before you know it, you will have gained back the 15 pounds you lost.

• hasty generalization
• slippery slope
• bad analogy
• loaded language

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Sometimes kids ride skateboards and fall off, breaking their arms or legs. Clearly, riding a skateboard is extremely dangerous. Don’t you think skateboards should be banned?

• False Dilemma

• Personal Attack

• Appeal to Fear

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My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition make me the ideal candidate for your mayor.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• persuasion

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6