Logical Fallacies and Their Examples

When someone attacks the person instead of their ideas, they are using a ____________ fallacy.

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• False Cause

A ____________ fallacy is when you say something must be true because many people believe it.

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon

• Either/Or

• False Cause

If someone says, “You’re either with us or against us,” they are using the ____________ fallacy.

• Either/Or

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• False Cause

Changing someone’s argument to make it easier to argue against is called the ____________ fallacy.

• False Cause

• Bandwagon

• Straw Man

• Either/Or

Assuming that just because two events happened close together, one caused the other is the ____________ fallacy.

• False Cause

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Either/Or

Which of the following is an example of an Ad Hominem fallacy?

• “Everyone else is doing it, so it must be okay.”

• “You can’t believe what Sam says about recycling; he litters all the time.”

• “If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never be healthy.”

• “My opponent’s argument is weak because it ignores the main point.”

What is the Bandwagon fallacy?

• Making fun of someone to win an argument.

• Assuming something is true because it’s popular.

• Giving only two options when more exist.

• Changing the topic to avoid answering.

Which fallacy is present in this statement: “If we allow students to redo tests, soon they’ll expect to redo everything”?

• Straw Man

• False Cause

• Bandwagon

• Either/Or

“You’re either a cat person or a dog person.” This is an example of:

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man

• Either/Or

• False Cause

Which fallacy happens when someone says, “I wore my lucky shirt and then we won the game, so my shirt caused the win”?

• False Cause

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• Straw Man