Rhetorical Fallacies

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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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25 questions
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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.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
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.7.8
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.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.8.1
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