One attacks another's characteristics or beliefs

• Ad Haminem Fallacy

• Slippery Slop Fallacy

• Faulty Analogy

• Red Hearing

Appeals to what's popular rather than the validity of the argument

• Faulty Analogy

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad Popular Fallacy

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A relatively small step leads to a chain of events culminating in some significant event

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Haminem Fallacy

• Non Sequitur

• Slippery Slope Fallacy

Two things compared that are not comparable (Irrelevant similarities)

• Faulty Analogy

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man Fallacy

• Past Hoc, Ergo Proper Hoc

A conclusion made when there is insufficient evidence to support it (not strong enough)

• Either / or Reasoning

• Red Hearing

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Haminem Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Post Hoc Ergo Proper Hoc

Establishes a _____ cause for the issue at hand

Two extreme options are the only solutions (False dilemma)

• Ad Popular Fallacy

• Either / or Fallacy

• Red Hearing

• Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Attacks the argument that no one is really making or portraying the opponents position as more extreme than it actually is.

• Hasty Generalization

• Faulty Analogy

• Red Hearing

• Straw Man Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Redirecting an audiences attention away from the issue at hand (irrelevant distraction)

• Ad Hominem Fallacy

• Faulty Analogy

• Non Sequitur

• Red Hearing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence

• Circular Reasoning

• Non Sequitar

• Slippery Slope Fallay

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1