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Logical Fallacies Definitions 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Introduces an irrelevant point into an argument.

a)

Equivocation

b)

Red Herring

c)

Straw Man

d)

Genetic Fallacy

2.

Using a double standard or arguing for an unjustified exception to the rule.

a)

Genetic Fallacy

b)

Tu Quoque

c)

Special Pleading

d)

Fallacy of Composition

3.

Attacking an opponent's character or their motives for believing something.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Red Herring

c)

Tu Quoque

d)

Appeal to the People

4.

Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.

a)

Fallacy of Division

b)

Circular Reasoning

c)

Appeal to Authority

d)

Genetic Fallacy

5.

Dismissing someone's viewpoint on an issue because they are also inconsistent on that issue.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Tu Quoque

c)

Genetic Fallacy

d)

Appeal to the People

6.

Referencing someone who has no special knowledge in the area being discussed.

a)

Tu Quoque

b)

Genetic Fallacy

c)

Appeal to the People

d)

Appeal to Authority

7.

Claiming that an argument is correct because many others agree with it.

a)

Appeal to Authority

b)

Appeal to the People

c)

Equivocation

d)

Straw Man

8.

Changing or exaggerating an opponent's position to make it easier to refute.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Straw Man

c)

Genetic Argument

d)

Appeal to Authority

9.

An argument which says "P is true because Q is true, and Q is true because P is true."

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Straw Man

c)

Tu Quoque

d)

Circular Reasoning

10.

Changing the meaning of the word mid-argument.

a)

Equivocation

b)

Circular Reasoning

c)

Appeal to the People

d)

Red Herring

11.

When someone assumes an answer to a hidden question.

a)

Tu Quoque

b)

Appeal to the People

c)

Loaded Question

d)

Equivocation

12.

Assumes that course of action inevitably leads from one result to another with unintended consequences.

a)

Circular Reasoning

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Equivocation

d)

Genetic Fallacy

13.

When someone says that what is true of part of something must also be true of the whole thing.

a)

Fallacy of Division

b)

Fallacy of Composition

c)

Appeal to the People

d)

Equivocation

14.

When someone says that what is true of something as a whole must also be true of each of its parts.

a)

Genetic Fallacy

b)

Tu Quoque

c)

Fallacy of Composition

d)

Fallacy of Division

15.

Comparing two items to each other with only minor similarities and/or major differences.

a)

Genetic Fallacy

b)

Ad Hominem

c)

Weak Analogy

d)

Hasty Generalization

16.

Makes assumption about a class based on a small or poor sample size.

a)

Weak Analogy

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Loaded Question

d)

Post Hoc

17.

Assumes since A happened before B, A must have caused B.

a)

Circular Reasoning

b)

Tu Quoque

c)

Post Hoc

d)

Loaded Question