AP Language Fallacies
Quiz
•
English
•
11th Grade
•
Practice Problem
•
Easy
+7
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
Used 1+ times
FREE Resource
Enhance your content in a minute
27 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Starbucks pledged to hire 10,000 refugees in stores worldwide. They should be hiring veterans and military spouses instead!
slippery slope
either/or
faulty causality
non-sequitur
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
You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.
weak analogy
appeal to ignorance
slippery slope
appeal to pity/overly emotional
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Being a movie star gave me the motivation to develop this new diet, which is safer and more effective than conventional diets.
appeal to authority
ad hominem
hasty generalization
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
30 sec • 1 pt
Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president?
appeal to ignorance
weak analogy
appeal to authority
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns. I know because I met a person from New York City last year (I live in Snowflake, AZ)
appeal to pity/overly emotional
non-sequitur
faulty causality
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an ad hominem attack
is a very effective debate strategy
is always against a popular idea
goes after a person's argument
is an attack on the person, not the argument
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a logical fallacy?
An argument with a premise and a conclusion
An argument that contains an error in thinking
An argument that contains a non-statement
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
Create a free account and access millions of resources
Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports

Continue with Google

Continue with Email

Continue with Classlink

Continue with Clever
or continue with

Microsoft
%20(1).png)
Apple
Others
Already have an account?
Similar Resources on Wayground
23 questions
1984 Vocabulary - Week 2
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
25 questions
E11 Discovery _ U5 Vocab
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
24 questions
Elements of Poetry
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
23 questions
Unit 3 Poetry Test WSHS Traditional V1
Quiz
•
9th - 11th Grade
25 questions
Ethos Pathos Logos | Formative Assessment
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
22 questions
B1 UP UNIT 10 READING 1
Quiz
•
11th Grade
22 questions
Persuasive Rhetoric Academic Vocabulary
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
24 questions
AP Language Summer Vocab
Quiz
•
11th Grade
Popular Resources on Wayground
5 questions
This is not a...winter edition (Drawing game)
Quiz
•
1st - 5th Grade
25 questions
Multiplication Facts
Quiz
•
5th Grade
10 questions
Identify Iconic Christmas Movie Scenes
Interactive video
•
6th - 10th Grade
20 questions
Christmas Trivia
Quiz
•
6th - 8th Grade
18 questions
Kids Christmas Trivia
Quiz
•
KG - 5th Grade
11 questions
How well do you know your Christmas Characters?
Lesson
•
3rd Grade
14 questions
Christmas Trivia
Quiz
•
5th Grade
20 questions
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Quiz
•
5th Grade
Discover more resources for English
9 questions
The Art of the Haiku
Lesson
•
6th - 12th Grade
14 questions
2022 Frederick Douglass Review
Quiz
•
11th Grade
7 questions
SPARK 12/18/25
Lesson
•
9th - 12th Grade
16 questions
Rhetorical Appeals Quiz
Quiz
•
11th Grade
10 questions
Commas-Compound & Complex Sentences
Quiz
•
8th - 11th Grade
10 questions
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Chapter 5
Quiz
•
KG - University
10 questions
ACT 3: Humanities Common Assessment
Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
