Rhetorical Fallacies

Rhetorical Fallacies

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Rhetorical Fallacies

Rhetorical Fallacies

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI.7.8, RI.8.1

+8

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I don't know how Professor Resnick can be such a hard grader.  He's always late for class.

Ad Hominem

Categorical Claim

Exaggeration

Stereotyping

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

That answer you just gave cannot be right because you are always so rude.  

Ad hominem

Categorical Claim

Exaggeration

Stereotyping

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Ad hominem

Categorical Claim

Exaggeration

Stereotyping

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Women can't do as good a job as men.  

Ad hominem

Categorical Claim

Exaggeration

Stereotyping

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Imagine you're in a heated debate club meeting at school. Evelyn is passionately arguing her point, but instead of using logical reasons, she starts appealing to everyone's emotions. Which fallacy is Evelyn using?

Straw man

Ad populum

Slippery slope

Red herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Misrepresenting or twisting someone's argument so it's easier to attack and knockdown

Ex: Wife: I'd rather have a dog than a cat.Husband: Why do you hate cats?

Scare Tactics

Bandwagon

Straw Man

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood Ex: "If you don't buy this product, you risk injury and death."

Slippery Slope

Scare Tactics

Appeal to False Authority

Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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