Fallacy Review

People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad hominem
• either-or fallacy
• hasty generalization
• slippery slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

• straw man
• either/or
• false analogy
• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Cari says that we need a major overhaul in education. Cari gets a speeding ticket every other week, so maybe she should learn how to drive instead of worrying about schools.

• appeal to false authority
• ad hominem
• false analogy
• hasty generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following is the best definition for Pathos? 

• An appeal using someone's authority or credibility 
• An appeal to the emotions or feelings of the audience
• An appeal to logic or reason by giving evidence
• An appeal to someone by bribing them.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

My professor, who has a Ph.D. in Astronomy, once told me that ghosts are real. Therefore, ghosts are real.

• appeal to false authority
• red herring
• straw man
• ad hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.

• bandwagon appeal
• shifting the burden of proof
• slippery slope
• argument from ignorance

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

• ad hominem
• either/or
• red herring
• bandwagon appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.

• ad hominem
• red herring
• straw man
• sentimental appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

My parents are vegetarians, and they are good people. Therefore, all vegetarians must be good people.

• ad hominem
• hasty generalization
• single cause circular
• slippery slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him, and I don't want to be the only one not doing so.

• Hasty Generalization
• Single Cause Circular
• Bandwagon 
• Ad populum

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1