Logical Fallacies

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English
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10th Grade
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Blakely B
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19 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Latin for "to the man"; occurs when a speaker tries to shift focus away from an issue or claim by attacking the opponent's character rather than argument
Appeal to emotion
Circular Reasoning
Ad Hominem
False Analogy
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
15 mins • 5 pts
Silly or Nonsensical, it is used to make the audience remember a product
Non-Sequitur
Slippery Slope
Poisoning The Well
Bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Occurs when a speaker intentionally oversimplifies or distorts an opponent's argument in order to make it easier to refuse
Tu Quoque
Appeal To Fear
False Analogy
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Occurs when a relatively minor first event is said to inevitably lead to a larger (often disastrous) final event
Appeal To Tradition
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Occurs when a speaker pretends there are only two possible choices or outcomes when, in fact, many exist
Ad Hominem
False Dilemma
Appeal to False Authority
Tu Quoque
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
15 mins • 5 pts
Occurs when the speaker makes the false assumption that because two things are alike in one respect, they must be alike in others
Hasty Generalization
Red Herring
Circular Reasoning
False Analogy
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5B
CCSS.L.8.5B
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Occurs when the speaker uses the claim itself as evidence for the claim
Appeal To Tradition
Circular Reasoning
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Appeal To Fear
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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