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WorksheetsOn Logical Fallacies
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1.It is ridiculous to have spent thousands of dollars to rescue those two whales trapped in the Arctic ice. Why look at all the people trapped in jobs they don’t like.
Hasty Generalization
Begging the Question
Red Herring
Appeal to Ignorance
Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.
Weak Analogy
Begging the Question
Post hoc
False Dichotomy
Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began.
Post hoc
Straw Man
Appeal to Authority
Slippery Slope
I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.
Missing the Point
Appeal to Pity
False Dichotomy
Hasty Generalization
You support capital punishment just because you want an “eye for an eye,” but I have several good reasons to believe that capital punishment is fundamentally wrong…
Weak Analogy
Straw Man
Hasty Generalization
Red Herring
We can’t freeze the academic year because then students won’t graduate on time. Next thing you know most people will be unemployed and will resort to crime. The crime rate will skyrocket and society will collapse.
Post hoc
Slippery Slope
False Dichotomy
Weak Analogy
The book Investing for Dummies really helped me understand my finances better. The book Chess for Dummies was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount, so it would probably help me understand my finances as well.
Weak Analogy
Appeal to Authority
Hasty Generalization
Post hoc
Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while.
Slippery Slope
Red Herring
False Dichotomy
Straw Man
We shouldn’t put her in jail even if she stole billions of pesos. She is already too old to be locked up.
Appeal to Pity
Begging the Question
Hasty Generalization
Slippery Slope
There is a global recession and more people are becoming hungry and desperate. Crimes of theft and robbery have been increasing at an alarming rate lately. The only way to solve this problem is by reinstating the death penalty.
Appeal to Authority
Missing the Point
False Dichotomy
Weak Analogy
