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WorksheetsAd Hominem fallacies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
A political candidate's speech about the dangers of drug use is attacked because there is record of him using drugs while in college.
Abusive Ad Hominem
Tu Quoque
Guilt By Association
Poisoning the well.
Christa is thinking about becoming a vegetarian. Then she learns that many mass murderers were also vegetarians. So, she keeps eating meat.
Genetic Fallacy
Abusive Ad Hominem
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Guilt by association
Boss, you heard my side of the story why I think Bill should be fired and not me. Now, I am sure Bill is going to come to you with some pathetic attempt to weasel out of this lie that he has created.
Abusive Ad Hominem
Posoning The Well
Tu quoque
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Taylor tells the teacher that the most recent quiz should not be counted in the grade. Heather says that Taylor only feels that way because he didn't do well on the quiz.
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Abusive Ad Hominem
Genetic Fallacy
Guilt By Association
By getting married, you perpetrate the tradition of women being subjugated by men. You're sexist!
Guilt By Association
Poisoning The Well
Tu quoque
Genetic Fallacy
Donald Trump about Hillary Clinton:
"Now you tell me she looks presidential, folks. I look presidential".
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Genetic Fallacy
Abusive Ad Hominem
Tu Quoque
Jimmy Swaggart (televangelist) argued against sexual immorality; however, he had several affairs with prostitutes.
Genetic fallacy
Tu quoque
Abusive ad hominem
Posioning the well
I hope I presented my argument clearly. Now, my opponent will attempt to refute my argument by his own fallacious, incoherent, illogical version of history.
Tu quoque
Genetic Fallacy
Abusive Ad Hominem
Poisoning The Well
You saw that on the cover of a tabloid, and we all know that everything in tabloid magazines is false.
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Genetic Fallacy
Tu quoque
Poisoning the well
Katie argues that fourth grade is the perfect time for a student to get his or her own tablet. Her mom smiles and says that she only thinks that because she is in the fourth grade.
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Guilt By Association
Poisoning The Well
Abusive Ad Hominem
A political candidate's speech about the dangers of drug use is attacked because there is record of him using drugs while in college.
Genetic Fallacy
Tu quoque
Poisoning The Well
Guilt By Association
Paul is a Democrat, and he supports private healthcare for parents. Paul learns that the Republican party is a champion of private healthcare. So, he reverses his position.
Genetic fallacy
Poisoning the well
Abusive ad hominem
Guilt by association
"Oh, you are going to go see professor Bradbury? Be careful, he gives me the creeps..."
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Abusive Ad Hominem
Poisoning the well
Tu quoque
You shouldn’t buy a Volkswagen, it must be a terrible car since it was created by the Nazis
Genetic fallacy
Guilt by association
Abusive ad hominem
Circumstancial ad hominem
Kate: “ Smoking is unhealthy for you, you really should quit.”
Maria: “You have been smoking for 10 years yourself, so there goes your argument.”
Poisoning the well
Genetic Fallacy
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Tu quoque
“We can safely ignore Mitt Romney’s arguments that tax cuts for the very wealthy would help the economy. As a member of the 1%, he is only looking out for the interests of himself and his rich friends.”
Poisoning the well
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Genetic Fallacy
Abusive Ad Hominem
Mike: "There are so many Earth-like planets out there that I think there must be life on some of them.
Jenny: "What could you possibly know about this? You are a moron who spends his nights watching Netflix".
Genetic Fallacy
Circumstancial ad hominem
Abusive ad hominem
Tu quoque
"Before turning the floor over to my opponent, I ask you to remember that those who oppose my plans do not have the best wishes of the university at heart."
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Genetic Fallacy
Abusive Ad Hominem
Poisoning The Well
If a person has family members who are racist, then others may assume he is racist as well, because he is a part of that family.
Abusive ad hominem
Tu quoque
Guilt by association
Genetic fallacy
Christianity isn’t true. You just believe in Christianity because you were brought up in a Christian home. If you were brought up in the Islam religion, you would be a Muslim now.
Circumstancial Ad Hominem
Tu quoque
Abusive Ad Homien
Genetic Fallacy
