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WorksheetsLogical Fallacy
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.
a)
ad hominem
b)
red herring
c)
straw man
d)
sentimental appeal
2.
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
a)
ad hominem
b)
either/or
c)
red herring
d)
bandwagon appeal
3.
If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.
a)
bandwagon appeal
b)
shifting the burden of proof
c)
slippery slope
d)
argument from ignorance
4.
This image illustrates which rhetorical appeal?
a)
ethos
b)
pathos
c)
logos
5.
Although we have proven that the moon is not made of short ribs, we have not proven that its core cannot be filled with them; therefore, the moon’s core is filled with short ribs.
a)
appeal to ignorance
b)
either/or
c)
wishful thinking
d)
anecdotal evidence
6.
If we allow euthanasia, the next thing you know, murder will be legal.
a)
slippery slope
b)
straw man
c)
ad populum
d)
false analogy
7.
speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices
a)
straw man
b)
either/or
c)
false analogy
d)
hasty generalization
8.
a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea
a)
straw man
b)
ad populum
c)
post hoc
d)
slippery slope
9.
Cari says that we need a major overhaul in education. Cari gets a speeding ticket every other week, so maybe she should learn how to drive instead of worrying about schools.
a)
appeal to false authority
b)
ad hominem
c)
false analogy
d)
hasty generalization
10.
Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president?
a)
Cherry Picking
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Post Hoc
d)
Ad Hominem
11.
Consider the following exchange:
Lindsey: I think capital punishment is a necessary component of our justice system and should remain legal.
Kayla: So you are saying that murder should be legal and it is okay for us to go around killing people just because we think they deserve it? That isn't right.
Of what fallacy is Kayla guilty?
Lindsey: I think capital punishment is a necessary component of our justice system and should remain legal.
Kayla: So you are saying that murder should be legal and it is okay for us to go around killing people just because we think they deserve it? That isn't right.
Of what fallacy is Kayla guilty?
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Strawman
c)
Slippery Slope
d)
Appeal to Emotion
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