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WorksheetsCFA 4 - Logical Fallacies and Persuasive Techniques
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which persuasive technique is defined as "Using an expert on a topic to give your cause credibility"?
a)
Authority
b)
Logic
c)
Emotion
2.
Which persuasive technique is defined as "Using facts about your topic to help people understand it better"?
a)
Authority
b)
Logic
c)
Emotion
3.
Which persuasive technique is defined as "Using emotion to help people make a connection to your topic"?
a)
Authority
b)
Logic
c)
Emotion
4.
"My friend, who has a degree in nutritional science, says that we should eat fewer carbohydrates," is an example of which persuasive technique?
a)
Authority
b)
Logic
c)
Emotion
5.
“Just eat and don’t complain. Children in Africa are starving and would give anything to have that plate of food,” is an example of which persuasive technique?
a)
Authority
b)
Logic
c)
Emotion
6.
“Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. So why start smoking?” is an example of which persuasive technique?
a)
Authority
b)
Logic
c)
Emotion
7.
a)
This is an example of Authority.
b)
This is an example of Logic.
c)
This is an example of Emotion.
8.
a)
This is an example of Authority.
b)
This is an example of Logic.
c)
This is an example of Emotion.
9.
a)
This is an example of Authority.
b)
This is an example of Logic.
c)
This is an example of Emotion.
10.
A belief or idea of what a particular type of person or thing is like.
a)
Stereotyping
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Exaggeration
11.
An attack on the character of a person, rather than on his arguments or opinions.
a)
Stereotyping
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Exaggeration
12.
A way of saying something so that it seems better than it actually is.
a)
Stereotyping
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Exaggeration
13.
"Blondes are less intelligent than people with other hair colors."
a)
Stereotyping
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Exaggeration
14.
"You are clearly just too young to understand this issue!"
a)
Stereotyping
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Exaggeration
15.
"This SUV has more seats than the Astrodome and could hold a 2,000 pound cheeseburger."
a)
Stereotyping
b)
Ad Hominem
c)
Exaggeration
16.
a)
This is an example of Stereotyping.
b)
This is an example of Ad Hominem.
c)
This is an example of Exaggeration.
17.
a)
This is an example of Stereotyping.
b)
This is an example of Ad Hominem.
c)
This is an example of Exaggeration.
18.
McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.
a)
Post Hoc
b)
False Analogy
c)
Red Herring
d)
Bandwagon
19.
Michael Jordan, battery ad.
a)
Bandwagon Appeal
b)
Post Hoc
c)
Red Herring
d)
False Authority
20.
Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Post Hoc
c)
Bandwagon Appeals
d)
False Dilemma
21.
Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.
a)
Faulty Analogy
b)
False Dilemma
c)
Ad Hominem
d)
Circular Reasoning
22.
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Categorical Claim
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Stereotyping
23.
I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Straw Man
c)
Bandwagon Appeal
d)
Appeal to False Authority
24.
You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.
a)
Non Sequitur
b)
Slippery Slope
c)
Circular Reasoning
d)
Card Stacking
25.
I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug.
a)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Either/Or
d)
Appeal to False Authority
26.
Don't ever gamble! Once you start, you won't be able to stop, and you'll end up bankrupt.
a)
ad hominem
b)
bandwagon
c)
either-or fallacy
d)
slippery slope
27.
He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.
a)
ad hominem
b)
bandwagon appeal
c)
either-or fallacy
d)
hasty generalization
28.
A personal trainer explaining how the newest weight lifting machine is the best machine on the market that gives the best results.
a)
Bandwagon
b)
Testimonial
c)
Emotional Appeal
d)
Loaded Language
29.
Verizon advertising the newest Samsung Galaxy phone, claiming that everyone else who has bought it loves the new product.
a)
Loaded Language
b)
Bandwagon
c)
Ad hominem
d)
Testimonial
30.
This makes you think you need to believe or buy something because everyone else is. Which technique is it?
a)
Testimonial
b)
Stereotyping
c)
Bandwagon
d)
Loaded Language
31.
A commercial about abandoned animals needing shelter or a forever home. They ask for a small donation to help these struggling animals.
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Emotional Appeal
c)
Testimonial
d)
Bandwagon
32.
a)
loaded words
b)
testimonial
c)
bandwagon
d)
emotional appeal
33.
a)
loaded words
b)
testimonial
c)
stereotyping
d)
emotional appeal
34.
People who wear glasses are smarter.
a)
Ad hominem
b)
This is true.
c)
Testimonial
d)
Stereotyping
35.
That answer you just gave cannot be right because you are always so rude.
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Emotional Appeal
c)
Loaded Language
d)
Stereotyping
36.
All people who live in England have bad teeth.
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Testimonial
c)
Bandwagon
d)
Stereotyping
37.
Attacking the characteristics or beliefs of the person rather than the claim that the person presents.
a)
Argument
b)
Stereotyping
c)
Ad Hominem
d)
Loaded Language
38.
a)
Exaggeration
b)
Misleading
c)
Contradictory
39.
a)
Exaggeration
b)
Misleading
c)
Contradictory
40.
a)
exaggeration
b)
misleading
c)
contradictory
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