Logical Fallacies

ATTEMPTING TO LINK TWO POINTS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER IS A ....

• NON SEQUITAR

• CIRCULAR REASONING

• RED HERRING

• AD HOMINEM

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

a personal attack on an opponent instead of the argument is...

• red herring

• ad hominem

• non sequitar

• straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Accepting a concept as Right/correct because the majority of people accept an idea is called_______.

• Ad populum

• Hasty generalization

• slippery slope

• 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

An argument that has no supporting evidence uses ______.

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

• Red herring

• 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

someone reaches a conclusion that is not justified

logically by objective or sufficient evidence

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• straw man

• 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

when people reach a conclusion based on a sample size that’s too small: a finding about a small sample size but applying it to a much larger population. 

• hasty generalization

• ad hominem

• slippery slope

• ad populum

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Linking two unrelated points together is a

• non sequitar

• straw man

• hasty generalization

• 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

arguing for an irrelevant topic with the intention of distracting the audience

• red herring

• non sequitar

• straw man

• circular reasoning

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

when one misrepresents an argument so that it becomes easier to attack.

• straw man

• red herring

• slippery slope

• ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

An argument that reasons if something S were to happen, then something else P will eventually occur, so we should prohibit S from happening.

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

• circular reasoning

• 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