Logical Fallacy

Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today.

• ad hominem

• appeal to flattery

• red herring

• either-or

Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty?

• begging the question

• appeal to misplaced authority

• bandwagon

• causal

Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while.

• either-or/false dichotomy

• red herring

• poisoning the well

• arrangement

This fallacy occurs when a complicated issue is misrepresented as offering only two possible alternatives.

• ad hominem

• appeal to flattery

• Either-or/ralse dichotomy

• Red herring

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

Kids need more freedom of speech," a student says. "Really," a teacher replies. "We teachers can't even talk about which candidates we support." This is

• inductive reasoning

• ad hominem

• red herring

• slippery slope

Identify the fallacy.

• slippery slope

• strawman

• false analogy

• ad populum (bandwagon)

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

“to the man” attacks the person, not the idea

• circular reasoning

• overgeneralization

• ad hominum

I wore my lucky socks to the game last week, therefore, we will win this week's game for sure if I remember my lucky socks!

• causal fallacy

• bandwagon

• poisoning the well

• red herring