Critical Reading and Logical Fallacies

Critical Reading and Logical Fallacies

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

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The video tutorial covers critical reading skills, focusing on recognizing facts versus opinions, detecting propaganda, and identifying errors in reasoning. It explains how skilled readers can evaluate an author's support for a point and determine its solidity. The tutorial provides examples of facts and opinions, discusses common propaganda techniques like transfer and bandwagon, and highlights fallacies such as circular reasoning and false cause. The lesson aims to enhance critical reading abilities by teaching viewers to separate fact from opinion, detect emotional appeals, and recognize unsupported arguments.

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23 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary ability of skilled readers?

To memorize text

To summarize content

To write effectively

To recognize an author's point and support

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a fact?

A hypothesis

A personal opinion

Information that can be proved true through objective evidence

A belief that cannot be proved

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of an opinion?

Humans need oxygen to survive

Water boils at 100°C

The Earth orbits the Sun

The best treatment for lower back pain is physical therapy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is propaganda primarily used for?

To entertain

To appeal to emotions

To provide factual information

To educate

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of detecting propaganda?

To memorize advertisements

To recognize emotional appeals

To create propaganda

To ignore advertisements

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the transfer technique in propaganda?

Using statistics to prove a point

Using plain language to appeal to the masses

Providing expert testimonials

Associating a product with something people admire

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a common propaganda technique?

Name calling

Bandwagon

Circular reasoning

Testimonial

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