WorksheetsLogical Fallacies
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Identify the logical fallacy: "Well, she's wearing Birkenstocks, so she probably knows all there is to know about solar energy."
Appeal to Authority
Bandwagon
Non Sequitur
Ad Hominem
Identify the logical fallacy: "Yeah, Marc is really smart. That's why he's so intelligent."
Tu Quoque
Hasty generalization
Ad Hominem
Begging the Question
Identify the logical fallacy: "Audiences agree. The Hunger Games is the must-see movie of the year!"
Appeal to Authority
Tu Quoque
Hasty or unwarranted generalization
Bandwagon
Identify the logical fallacy: "Hey, my girlfriend may be high maintenance, but your girlfriend is addicted to Louboutin shoes and Tiffany's bracelets."
Ad Hominem
Straw Man
Tu Quoque
Hasty generalization
Identify the logical fallacy: "Oh, you don't fool me! All of you environmentalists are really out to undermine our American way of life and replace it with socialism."
Straw Man
Appeal to Ignorance
Non Sequitur
Red Herring
Identify the logical fallacy:
Peter: "I believe gay people should be able to get married like everyone else!"
Paul: "Oh, okay! Let's change the law so a few guys can strut down the aisle wearing a dress! Great!"
False Dilemma
Straw Man
Slippery Slope
Non Sequitur
Identify the logical fallacy: "She's not popular because most people don't like her."
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Begging the Question
Tu Quoque
Identify the logical fallacy: "How can she be smart? Look at all those tattoos!"
Red Herring
Ad hominem
Straw Man
Appeal to Authority
Identify the logical fallacy: "Look, you're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem."
Post Hoc
Appeal to Ignorance
Oversimplification
False Dilemma
Identify the logical fallacy: "Two of my cousins are only children and they're spoiled rotten. All only children are like that."
Post hoc
Oversimplification
Straw Man
Hasty or Unwarranted Generalization
