GTS101 (CPT) Lesson 2 Fallacies of Relevance

You're just a kid. Your opinion doesn’t count in this debate.

• Straw Man
• Appeal to Force
• Personal Attack

• Red Herring

Answer explanation

This attacks the person instead of their argument.

If you really loved your country, you'd support this law without question.

• Appeal to Ignorance
• False Dilemma
• Appeal to Pity
• Appeal to Popularity

Answer explanation

This appeals to traditional or group values to justify belief.

Why are we talking about climate change when crime is rising in cities?

• Straw Man
• Red Herring
• False Cause
• Appeal to Emotion

Answer explanation

It distracts from the topic by bringing up an unrelated issue.

No one has proven that aliens don’t exist, so they must be real.

• Hasty Generalization
• Red Herring
• Burden of Proof

• False Dilemma

Answer explanation

This assumes something is true just because it hasn’t been proven false.

We’ve always done it this way, so it must be the right way.

• Appeal to Pity
• False Cause
• Appeal to Tradition
• Ad Hominem

Answer explanation

It assumes something is right because it’s always been done that way.

This must be a great product—everyone’s buying it!

• Appeal to Popularity
• Slippery Slope
• Appeal to Emotion
• Straw Man

Answer explanation

It assumes something is good just because many people like it.

If you don’t help me with this project, I’ll fail and lose my scholarship.

• Appeal to Pity
• Appeal to Ignorance
• Red Herring
• False Cause

Answer explanation

It uses sympathy to try to win agreement instead of logic.

If you don’t give me a good grade, my parents will make a complaint.

• Tu Quoque
• Appeal to Force
• Hasty Generalization
• False Dilemma

Answer explanation

It uses a threat instead of reasons to support the claim.