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WorksheetsLogical Fallacies
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
"This is the best band because they make the best music!" This statement is an example of which logical fallacy?
Bandwagon
Ad hominem
Circular Reasoning
No fallacy
"Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"
Stereotyping/
Generalization
Circular Reasoning
Ad hominem
Affinity Fraud
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
circular reasoning
ad hominem
false dilemma (either/or reasoning)
bandwagon
If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.
circular reasoning
ad hominem
slippery slope
appeal to authority
Look, either you love me and buy me chocolates, or you hate me and we never speak again.
ad hominem
slippery slope
false dilemma (either/or reasoning)
hasty generalization
My professor, who has a Ph.D. in Astronomy, once told me that ghosts are real. Therefore, ghosts are real.
slippery slope
appeal to false authority
ad hominem
circular reasoning
We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.
Appeal to false authority
False dilemma
Ad hominem
Slippery Slope
I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.
appeal to false authority
bandwagon
slippery slope
either/or
Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.
Ad hominem
Slippery slope
false dilemma
circular reasoning
"The two books I read this year were not interesting. All books are just boring and a waste of time.
Ad hominem
False dilemma
Hasty generalization
Slippery Slope
This is an example of:
ad hominem
slippery slope
false dilemma
circular reasoning
This is an example of:
False authority
Ad hominem
Slippery Slope
Hasty generalization
