Fallacies

Identify the fallacy.

• faulty analogy

• bandwagon

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

Identify the fallacy.

• either/or choices

• scare tactics

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

Identify the fallacy.

• either/or choices

• scare tactics

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

Identify the fallacy.

• either/or choices

• scare tactics

• false authority

• circular reasoning

Which of the following is an example of the Straw Man fallacy?

• Person A: "We should limit screen time for children." Person B: "Person A thinks children should never use technology."

• Claiming that if we don't ban all plastic, oceans will soon be completely covered in plastic waste.

• Arguing that a friend's advice on investing is wrong because the friend has never been a financial advisor.

• Suggesting that a new law is good because everyone seems to support it.

Identify the fallacy in the statement: "We must not change our school's century-old uniform policy; it has been this way for generations."

• Appeal to Tradition

• Bandwagon Fallacy

• Slippery Slope

• Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

Which of the following is an example of a Slippery Slope fallacy?

• Arguing that if we allow students to use calculators on tests, soon they won't be able to do simple math without them.

• Claiming that someone's argument is invalid because they have no formal education in the subject.

• Suggesting that a politician's policy proposal is bad because the politician has been in office too long.

• Asserting that a new scientific theory must be false because it challenges established beliefs.

Which fallacy is being used here: "The opposition argues for tax reform, but what about the recent scandal involving one of its members?"

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Non Sequitur

Which type of fallacy is in the following argument: "The mayor's proposal for a new park must be bad because the mayor has been divorced three times."

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

• Non Sequitur

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy