Logical Fallacies

Also known as "ad hominem", the name calling fallacy:

• attacks the person

• addresses the person's reasoning

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

Rhetoric includes which of the following?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• All of these

Diverts attention from the original issue by shifting to another issue/topic

• Hasty generalization

• red herring

• ad hominem/ personal attack

• appeal to logos

"It rained and we lost the game. Every time it rains, we are going to lose." This is an example of:

• False Cause and Effect Fallacy

• Circular Reasoning

• Author's Purpose

• Hasty Generalization

Saying the same thing in different words is an example of:

• Gambler's Fallacy

• Circular Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

• Logos

Expert testimony is a logical fallacy when you say that just because a ______ says it's true, then you should listen to them.

• Friend

• Family Member

• Authority Figure

A claim is a person's position on an issue.

• True

• False

Attacks the arguer instead of the argument

• Slippery slope

• False dilemma

• Ad hominem/personal attack/attack the man

• straw man

Well, every one else jumped off the roof, why can't I?

• circular reasoning

• bandwagon

• transfer

• Tu Quoque