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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Mrs. Peters is nominated for teacher of the year, which is voted on by her fellow faculty members. A colleague says that she would never vote for her because she is too young.
Personal Attack
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Straw Man
A clerk who steals money from her company justifies her actions by saying that the company has been overcharging customers for years.
Personal Attack
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Straw Man
Red Herring
Parent: Your curfew is at 10 pm tonight.
Teenager: But the party doesn't even start until 9:00.
Parent: It's a school night, so you need to be home by 10:00.
Teenager: You just want me to be unpopular! You don't care about my happiness!
Personal Attack
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Straw Man
Red Herring
He may be a qualified candidate, but he has tattoos, so I won't vote for him.
Personal Attack
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Straw Man
Red Herring
Marie made fun of Sarah's shoes yesterday. Today, Sarah makes fun of Marie's haircut and tells her teacher that it should be okay because of what Marie did yesterday.
Personal Attack
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Straw Man
Red Herring
In government, arguing for raising taxes - "We need more revenue to support the programs that we have. Children are our future. Let's support children."
Personal Attack
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Straw Man
Red Herring
Fruits and vegetables are part of a healthy diet. After all, a healthy eating plan includes fruits and vegetables.
Begging the Question
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Loaded Question
Slippery Slope
When Cory gets caught for speeding, he tells the police officer that three people just passed him traveling faster than he was.
Red Herring
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Hasty Generalisation
Slippery Slope
The greatest thing we can do is to love each other. Love is better than any other emotion.
Red Herring
Begging the Question
Hasty Generalisation
Slippery Slope
My brother likes to eat a lot of pizza and French fries, and he is healthy, I can say that pizza and French fries are healthy and don't really make a person fat.
Red Herring
Begging the Question
Hasty Generalisation
Slippery Slope
If I eat this doughnut today, I'll probably eat another doughnut tomorrow. If I eat one doughnut tomorrow, I might eat several donuts the next day.
False dilemma
Begging the Question
Hasty Generalisation
Slippery Slope
"Have you stopped mistreating your pet?". This is an example of
False dilemma
Begging the Question
Hasty Generalisation
Loaded Question
Donate to my campaign if you care about the future.
False dilemma
Begging the Question
Hasty Generalisation
Loaded Question
A little boy says that his friends should not go swimming in a river because his Mama said there were germs in the river.
False dilemma
Inappropriate Appeal to Authority
Hasty Generalisation
Red Herring
Guns are like hammers—they're both tools with metal parts that could be used to kill someone.
Weak Analogy
Inappropriate Appeal to Authority
Hasty Generalisation
Begging the Question
