Logical Fallacies Review

Logical Fallacies Review

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI. 9-10.8, RI.8.1

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Standards-aligned

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Milan Perisic

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

ad hominem

red herring

circular reasoning

straw man

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

30 sec • 1 pt

If you allow one student to take an online course, soon

everyone will want to, and the schools will be empty.

Slippery Slope

Band Wagon

Straw Man

Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you eat a good diet, you will never have a heart attack.

Circular Reasoning

Ad Hominem

Equivocation

Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

An argument that appeals to popular opinion as the basis for its truth.

hasty generalization

circular reasoning

false authority

bandwagon fallacy

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

20 sec • 1 pt

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

appeal to emotions

ad hominem

false dilemma

bandwagon fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Substituting a person's actual position with a misrepresented (and usually weaker) version of their argument.

straw man argument

appeal to false authority

equivocation

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.

Hasty Generalization

Equivocation

Bandwagon Appeal

False Dilemma/Dichotomy

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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