Logical Fallacies

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

• ad hominem

• red herring

• circular logic

• straw man

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1B

The red bicycle is red.

• circular logic

• red herring

• either/or

• straw man

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CCSS.W.11-12.1

"Russia has a terrible human rights record." "Well, the United States has done plenty of bad things." -the President when confronted about Russia's human rights abuses.

• slippery slope

• red herring

• moral equivalence

• non sequitur

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Trans fats are as bad as biological weapons.

• either/or (black/white) (binary)

• non sequitur

• ad hominem

• moral equivalence

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Because doctors smoke it must be a healthy choice.

• hasty generalization

• moral equivalence

• straw man

• slippery slope

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

There is a lot of commotion regarding saving the environment. We cannot make this world an Eden. What will happen if it does become Eden? Adam and Eve got bored there!

• red herring

• moral equivalence

• non sequitur

• straw man

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Mother: It’s bedtime Jane Jane: Mom, how do ants feed their babies? Mother: Don’t know dear, close your eyes now. Jane: But mama, do ant babies cry when they’re hungry?

• straw man

• non sequitur

• red herring

• hasty generalization

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• ad hominem

• moral equivalence

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Al Gore feels that all companies are irresponsible and should be punished for allowing emissions which causes global warming.

• straw man

• red herring

• slippery slope

• either/or (black/white) (binary)

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating.

• slippery slope

• red herring

• circular reasoning

• hasty generalization

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1