Logical Fallacies in Advertising

__________ is a tactic used mainly in advertising that presents people as “authorities” on products or issues.

• Straw Man

• False Dilemma

• False Authority

• Post Hoc

This is an example of what logic fallacy?

• Appeal to Fear

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

What is an error in logical reasoning in an argument or a persuasive text?

• logical fallacy

• factual error

• rhetoric

One of the most common fallacies used in advertising. Celebrities and doctors are used as people with opinions that should be trusted.Just because somebody “famous” or a “doctor” has an opinion, that doesn’t make it true.

• Non-Sequitur

• Either/Or (False Dichotomy)

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Popularity (Bandwagon)

When the arguer encourages a belief or action because "everyone else is doing it."

• Non-Sequitur

• Either/Or (False Dichotomy)

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Popularity (Bandwagon)

Which fallacy is this? McDonalds ' burgers must be good; Michael Jordan eats them.

• Non-Sequitur

• Either/Or (False Dichotomy)

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Popularity (Bandwagon)

When a person makes sweeping statements based on too little or biased evidence.

• Post Hoc (Cause/Effect)

• Ad Hominem

• Circular Reasoning

• Hasty Generalization

This fallacy consists in diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first.

• Appeal to Emotion

• Red Herring

• Strawman

• Slippery Slope

Which logical fallacy involves attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself?

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

In advertising, which fallacy involves suggesting that a product is superior because it is associated with a famous person?

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon

• Hasty Generalization

• False Dilemma