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WorksheetsLogical Fallacies
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
"All people from Crete are liars."
Ad Hominem
Appeal to Ignorance
Strawman argument
False Dilemma
"The Senator thinks we can solve all our ecological problems by driving a Prius."
Ad Hominem
Appeal to Ignorance
Strawman Argument
False Dilemma
"We have no evidence that the Illuminati ever existed. They must have been so clever that they destroyed all evidence."
Ad Hominem
Appeal to Ignorance
Strawman Argument
False Dilemma
"Either you love me or you hate me."
Ad Hominem
Strawman Argument
Appeal to Ignorance
False Dilemma
"If you miss practice, it means you were probably goofing off. People who goof off drop out of school and end up penniless."
Red Herring Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Circular Argument
Slippery Slope Fallacy
"Smoking pot is against the law because it is wrong; I know it's wrong because it is against the law."
Red Herring Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Circular Argument
Slippery Slope Fallacy
"People nowadays only vote with their emotions instead of their brains."
Red Herring Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Circular Argument
Slippery Slope Fallacy
"My wife wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with the patio furniture, because it's just sitting in the garage taking up space."
Circular Argument
Slippery Slope Fallacy
Red Herring Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
"But, Dad, I know you smoked when you were my age, so how can you tell me not to do it?"
Hasty Generalization
Causal Fallacy
Appeal to Hypocrisy
Fallacy of Sunk Costs
"Every time a rooster crows, the sun comes up. Crows must be the creators of the universe."
Causal Fallacy
Appeal to Hypocrisy
Fallacy of Sunk Costs
Appeal to Authority
"I know this relationship isn't working anymore and that we're both miserable. No marriage. No kids. No steady job. But I've been with him for seven years, so I'd better stay with him."
Causal Fallacy
Appeal to Authority
Equivocation
Fallacy of Sunk Costs
"One day robots will enslave us all. It's true. My computer science teacher says so."
Appeal to Authority
Fallacy of Sunk Costs
Causal Fallacy
Equivocation
"I don't understand why you're saying I broke a promise. I said I'd never speak to my ex-girlfriend again. And I didn't. I just sent her some pictures and text messages."
Fallacy of Sunk Costs
Appeal to Authority
Appeal to Pity
Equivocation
"Professor, you have to give me an A on this paper. I know I only turned in a sentence and some clip art, but you have to understand, my grandmother suddenly died while traveling in the Northern Yukon, and her funeral was there so I had to travel and all the stress caused me to become catatonic for two weeks."
Appeal to Pity
Equivocation
Bandwagon Fallacy
Appeal to Authority
"Almost everyone at my school will be at the party Friday night. It must be the right thing to do."
Appeal to Authority
Equivocation
Appeal to Pity
Bandwagon Fallacy
