Logical Fallacies in Advertising
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This fallacy relies only on the pathos of the argument without any significant facts. These fallacies draw on a person’s core values but ignore the facts of the situation.
Appeal to Emotion
Red Herring
Strawman
Slippery Slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Also known as bandwagon fallacy, it appeals to popularity of a practice as a way to persuade.
ad hominem
strawman
ad populum
false analogy
Answer explanation
When you think bandwagon or ad populum, think popular. Look at the word. They try to persuade you by convincing you it is popular.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An analogy that incorrectly connects two things based on other shared characteristics.
strawman
false analogy
circular reasoning
ad populum
Answer explanation
An analogy is a comparison of two things.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A reply or conclusion that follows no kind of order.
ad populum
false analogy
ad hominem
non sequitur
Answer explanation
Sequitur makes me think of sequence. Non sequitur follows no logical order or sequence. Just leaves you questioning.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"Four out of five dentists recommend Happy Glossy toothpaste. Therefore, it must be great."
non sequitur
false causation
red herring
hasty generalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An argument that appeals to popular opinion as the basis for its truth.
hasty generalization
circular reasoning
guilt by association
bandwagon fallacy
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An interruption between the initial idea and the conclusion.
red herring
ad hominem
non sequitur
bandwagon fallacy
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
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