Fallacies
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This fallacy compares minor misdeeds with major atrocities, suggesting that both are equally immoral.
Begging the claim
Ad hominem
Circular argument
Moral equivalence
Tags
CCSS.SL.11-12.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This is a conclusion based on the premise that if A happens, then eventually through a series of small steps, through B, C,..., X, Y, Z will happen, too, basically equating A and Z.
Moral equivalence
Slippery Slope
Straw man
Red Herring
Tags
CCSS.SL.11-12.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This is a conclusion that assumes that if 'A' occurred after 'B' then 'B' must have caused 'A.'
Slippery Slope
Genetic Fallacy
Circular Argument
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Tags
CCSS.SL.11-12.3
CCSS.W.11-12.1B
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This restates the argument rather than actually proving it.
Circular Argument
Red Herring
Begging the claim
Hasty Generalization
Tags
CCSS.SL.11-12.3
CCSS.W.11-12.1B
CCSS.W.11-12.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This is a diversionary tactic that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them.
Slippery Slope
Moral equivalence
Begging the claim
Red Herring
Tags
CCSS.SL.11-12.3
CCSS.W.11-12.1B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This is an attack on the character of a person rather than his or her opinions or arguments.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Ad populum
Ad hominem
Genetic fallacy
Tags
CCSS.SL.11-12.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This move oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoint and then attacks that hollow argument.
Red Herring
Slippery Slope
Strawman
Moral Equivalence
Tags
CCSS.SL.11-12.3
CCSS.W.11-12.1B
CCSS.SL.11-12.1C
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