Fallacious Reasoning
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English
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10th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Faulty or mistaken logic is called
fallacious reasoning
credibility
rhetoric
point-of-view
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument, is called
a fallacy
credibility
a counterclaim
a thesis
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
False causality is _____
something that sounds pragmatic (use a dictionary!) and always is
ideas that are repeated over and over
basing a claim on erroneous (use a dictionary!) statements like, "if I only eat two meals a day, I will not be overweight."
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When you use the claim you are trying to make as proof of that claim, you are using circular reasoning. Which of these do you think does this?
Prius is a great car because it is well made, safe, and gets good gas mileage.
The mayor wants a mall in our town for more money. The fact that he wants this mall is proof that he is greedy.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you cared about my happiness, you'd buy me this dog.
non sequitur
alse causality
oversimplification
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When I don't show up to classes, I do better on tests.
ad hominem
oversimplification
false causality
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I don't agree with Horace Mann creating school becouse he talks funny.
ad hominem
faulty analogy
red herring
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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