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Fallacies of Logic

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Fallacies of Logic
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The red bicycle is red.

circular logic

red herring

either/or

straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Al Gore feels that all companies are irresponsible and should be punished for allowing emissions which causes global warming.

straw man

red herring

slippery slope

either/or (black/white) (binary)

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Attacks the arguer instead of the argument

Slippery slope

False dilemma

Ad hominem/personal attack/attack the man

straw man

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

Ignores someone's actual argument and presents a distorted or oversimplified version instead

slippery slope

straw man

bandwaggon

red herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or decide not to have music for a while

straw man

slippery slope

either or fallacy

burden of proof

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

Assumes that a proposed step will set off a chain of uncontrollable events.

slippery slope

begging the question/circular reasoning

either or fallacy otherwise called false dilemma

red herring

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

Encouraged to take some action because other people are doing the same thing.

begging the question/circular reasoning,

false authority

bandwagon

appeal to emotion

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

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