Logical Fallacy Speeches

Incorrectly thinking that one thing leads to another 

• false cause and effect fallacy

• circular reasoning fallacy

• name-calling fallacy

• circular reasoning fallacy

Using different words that have the same meaning in an argument (talking in circles)

• hasty generalization 

• glittering generalities 

• fear tactics 

• circular reasoning

Attacking the person/opposition instead of the claim or product (ad hominem)

• either/or fallacy

• false cause and effect fallacy

• circular reasoning fallacy

• name-calling fallacy

Making an assumption about everyone/thing based on little information; similar to stereotyping

• false cause and effect fallacy

• bandwagon fallacy

• either/or fallacy 

• hasty generalization 

What is an error in reasoning?

• logical fallacy

• assumption

• presumption

• argument

The logical fallacy that takes place when someone attacks a false representation of a person or idea is called...

• Ad hominem

• Hasty generalization

• Straw man

• Circular reasoning

The logical fallacy that treats the claim as if it is evidence is known as...

• Appeal to authority

• Overgeneralization

• Slippery slope

• Begging the question

Which logical fallacy involves attacking the character of the person making an argument rather than the argument itself?

• Ad hominem

• Straw man

• Red herring

• Slippery slope

What is the term for a fallacy that occurs when someone assumes that because one event followed another, the first event caused the second?

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

• Ad hominem

• False dilemma

• Circular reasoning

Which fallacy involves presenting two opposing options as the only possibilities, when in fact more options exist?

• False dilemma

• Slippery slope

• Straw man

• Red herring