
Persuasive Technique
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English
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? "If we encourage elementary-school teachers to use hand-held devices in the classroom, the students will spend less time reading books. As a result, they will fall way behind in developing reading, writing, and thinking skills. Pretty soon we will have a generation of illiterates on our hands."
invalid analogy
bandwagon or appeal to popularity
slippery slope
red herring
false dilemma
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The set of three statements that exemplifies deduction (such as, "All DSC students are intelligent; Mary is a DSC student; therefore Mary is intelligent") is called
An enthymeme
A fallacy
A generalization
A syllogism
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
When the major premise of a deductive argument is omitted to cover the fact that the premise is a stereotype, untrue statement, or opinion, it is called
An enthymeme
A fallacy
A generalization
A syllogism
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? "Eliminating the space program is clearly the right thing to do. A recent poll by CBS polling organization showed that 65 percent of Americans thought we should abolish the program."
bandwagon or appeal to popularity
false dilemma
hasty generalization
false cause
invalid analogy
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What fallacy is committed in this argument? "I don't think that the checkout workers at Kroger are very friendly. I tried to strike up a conversation with one last week, and with one a month ago, and they did not respond."
false cause
hasty generalization
argument from silence
appeal to tradition
appeal to authority
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? "We must either support the governor’s plan to increase taxes on food or we will never be able to balance the state budget."
false dilemma
faulty comparison
hasty generalization
invalid analogy
bandwagon or appeal to popularity
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"Wheaties cereal is the healthiest of the major brands of cereal. Basketball player Kyrie Irving says so." This quotation is an example of
inappropriate appeal to authority
appeal to pity
Ad hominem
Leading question
appeal to majority
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