Fallacy

My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Cherry-picking the evidence

• Ad Hominem

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

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• Affirming the Consequent

• Appeal to Irrelevant Authority

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

• Slippery Slope

• Circular Reasoning

• False Dilemma

• Affirming the Consequent

Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today.

• false analogy

• hasty generalization

• red herring

• False dichotomy

Which of the following is an example of the Straw Man fallacy?

• Person A: "We should limit screen time for children." Person B: "Person A thinks children should never use technology."

• Claiming that if we don't ban all plastic, oceans will soon be completely covered in plastic waste.

• Arguing that a friend's advice on investing is wrong because the friend has never been a financial advisor.

• Suggesting that a new law is good because everyone seems to support it.

Identify the fallacy in the statement: "We must not change our school's century-old uniform policy; it has been this way for generations."

• Appeal to Tradition

• Bandwagon Fallacy

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

What fallacy does this statement exhibit: "All the great artists were men, so women cannot be great artists."

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• False Cause

• Begging the Question

Which fallacy is being used here: "The opposition argues for tax reform, but what about the recent scandal involving one of its members?"

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Non Sequitur

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

Which type of fallacy is in the following argument: "The mayor's proposal for a new park must be bad because the mayor has been divorced three times."

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

• Non Sequitur