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Review on Fallacies

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

It is a conclusion based on the premise that one small step will lead to a chain of events resulting in some significant event.

a)

Bandwagon Fallacy

b)

Circular Fallacy

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Slippery Slope

2.

It happens when someone makes a sweeping statement without considering all of the facts.

a)

Bandwagon Fallacy

b)

Circular Fallacy

c)

False Dichotomy

d)

Hasty Generalization

3.

It happens when the argument is restated rather than proven.

a)

Bandwagon Fallacy

b)

Circular Fallacy

c)

False Dichotomy

d)

Hasty Generalization

4.

This fallacy is an argument that uses emotion-based language to try to persuade the reader or listener of a certain belief or position.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Appeal to Emotion

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Straw Man Fallacy

5.

It is an attack on a person's character or personal attributes in order to discredit their argument.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Circular Fallacy

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Straw Man Fallacy

6.

It happens when someone distorts an opponent's claim so that it is easier to refute, or where someone tries to refute a point made by giving a rebuttal t a point they did not make.

a)

Bandwagon Appeal

b)

Circular Fallacy

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Straw Man Fallacy

7.

It is an appeal that presents the thoughts of a group of people in order to persuade someone to think the same way.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Appeal to Emotion

c)

Bandwagon Appeal

d)

False Dichotomy

8.

It happens when an argument is presented in an ambiguous, double-sided way, making the argument misleading.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Appeal to Emotion

c)

Equivocation

d)

False Dichotomy

9.

When an argument presents two points while disregarding or ignoring others in order to narrow the argument in one's favor.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

False Analogy

c)

False Dichotomy

d)

Straw Man Fallacy

10.

When two things that are unalike are being compared based on a trivial similarity in order to prove a point.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Appeal to Emotion

c)

False Analogy

d)

False Dichotomy