Name the Logical Fallacy

Jamila is running for class president. In her campaign speech she says, "Xavier does not deserve to win. He is a smoker and He cheated on his reading quizzes last year." What fallacy has Jamila committed?

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

• Circular Argument

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We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.

• Hasty Generalization

• Appeal to Emotion

• Straw Man

• Appeal to Authority

I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Appeal to Emotion

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Name the fallacy: Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.

• Ad Hominem

• Equivocal Language

• Bandwagon

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Which fallacy am I? Combining facts and evidence with words that stir up emotion, with the attempt to manipulate others into accepting the truth of the argument.

• Ambiguity fallacy

• Argument by Emotive Language

• False Cause

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Logical fallacies strengthen an argument

• True
• False

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____ is an error in reasoning.

• Propaganda
• Bias
• Logical Fallacy
• Argument

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Which of the following is NOT a type of logical fallacy?

• False Cause

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Omission

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Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while.

• False Dichotomy (Either/Or)

• Slipper Slope

• Weak Analogy

• Post Hoc

Which year did the original Star Wars released?

• 1977
• 1970
• 1984
• 1992

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