12 logical fallacies
Authored by Noah Legesse
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ad Hominem
Establishes a false cause for the issue at hand
The phrase refers to the diversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the speaker.
Appeals to what is popular to the majority rather than the validity of the argument.
A conclusion is made when there is insufficient evidence to support it.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Either your with democracy and the united states or your with terrorism"
Either/or Reasoning
Slippery Slope Fallacy
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Straw Man Fallacy
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Bananas and telephones are both shaped to fit our hands, so bananas must, like telephones, be designed.
Ad Populumm Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Faulty Analogy
Slippery slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ad populum Fallacy
Ad populum fallacy appeals to what is popular with the majority rather than the validity of the argument.
Ad Populum Fallacy is when two things that are completely different are compared, usually focuses on irrelevant similarities.
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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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Redirecting an audiences attention, away from an issue at hand.
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Either/ or Reasoning
Straw Man Fallacy
Red herring
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Straw Man Fallacy
establishes a false cause for the issue at hand.
A straw Man Fallacy attacks the argument that none is really making or portraying the opponents position a, more extreme than it actually is.
Redirecting an audiences attention, away from an issue at hand.
Two extreme options are the only situations also known as a dilema.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If I don't pass tomorrow's exam, this might affect my GPA, which in turn might impact my chances of going to a good college, which in turn would mean i wouldn't get a good job, which in turn would mean i would have a horrible life.
Ad Hominem Fallacy
Slippery slope Fallacy
Faulty Analogy
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
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