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Fallacies

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Identify the fallacy.

either/or choices

scare tactics

faulty analogy

circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the fallacy.

either/or choices

false authority

faulty analogy

circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the fallacy.

either/or choices

false authority

faulty analogy

bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the fallacy.

faulty analogy

scare tactics

ad hominem

circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An attack or reaction to the person rather than the person’s point/argument

ad hominem

bandwagon

circular reasoning

either/or

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an example of an appeal to ignorance?

Nobody has proven that Bigfoot doesn't exist, so therefore Bigfoot exists.

1 billion people were served at McDonald's last year, so therefore McDonald's serves delicious food and we should eat there, too.

Would you rather eat chicken at lunch today or starve?

That student is wearing the same clothes as yesterday, so therefore that is the student's favorite outfit.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The straw man fallacy is ...

is the same as the bandwagon fallacy

when an argument has only two possible solutions but you are led to believe there are more so you can no longer track the argument

when a debater constructs a more easily defeated version of his opponent's position to attack, rather than addressing his real arguments

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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