Logical Fallacies Practice

I'm raising money to help cure XYZ disease. If you do not donate, you are part of the problem.

• either/or

• slippery slope

• bandwagon

• ad hominem

Charlie: Fast food is filled with salt, fat and sugar. We need to better regulate this industry.

Bob: Whatever, fatso! I just watched you devour a Triple-Baconator, super-sized fries and 64 ounces of pop.

• ad hominem

• appeal to false authority

• bandwagon

• either/or

Studies show it takes up to seven years for the human body to digest a piece of gum.

• slippery slope

• either/or

• ad hominem

• appeal to false authority

My cousin Bob works as a mechanic at Oil Changers and he says that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, are not going to provide any help in fixing our nation’s energy crisis.

• bandwagon

• slippery slope

• appeal to false authority

• either/or

I really should buy my daughter the new iPhone. She says that everyone in her school has one, and I don't want her to feel left out.

• bandwagon

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• either/or

If we allow students to redo their assignments, soon they will expect to redo every test and exam.

• slippery slope

• ad hominem

• bandwagon

• either/or

Either we ban all cars from the city center, or air pollution will make the city uninhabitable.

• either/or

• slippery slope

• ad hominem

• bandwagon

a famous person or an expert source might not know anything about the topic

• slippery slope

• appeal to false authority

• bandwagon

• ad hominem

If a (wrong) choice happens, then eventually a series of small steps will happen, too—basically equating the first choice to become the final result. So, if we don't want the final result to occur, the first choice must not be allowed to occur either

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• bandwagon

• appeal to false authority

an attack on the character or looks of a person rather than his/her opinions or argument

• slippery slope

• either/or

• appeal to false authority

• ad hominem