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WorksheetsType of Argument-Fallacies
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.
Hasty Generalization
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Appeal to Authority
I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.
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If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and you GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless.
Hasty Generalization
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Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began.
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If we allow the principal to change the date of the homecoming dance, what’s next? He’s going to cancel the dance altogether.
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Three out of four teachers prefer Bright Marks Markers, but I only asked four teachers total.
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Occurs when a series of increasingly superficial and unacceptable consequences is drawn
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“The Malaysian militarily shouldn't get involved in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will then send in thousands to die."
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Norwegians are lazy. I have two friends who are from there, and both of them never prepare for class or do their homework
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When I was young, my dad and brothers never helped with the household chores. Men are useless in the house.
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If you allow the students to redo this assignment, they are going to want to redo every assignment for the rest of the year.
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Our soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes. We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!
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A commercial claims that a specific brand of cereal is the best way to start the day because athlete Stephen Curry says that it is what he eats every day for breakfast.
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If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow, and before you know it, you will gain all the weight you lost.
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I ate in three restaurants in Bangkok and didn’t like the experience. There are no good restaurants in Bangkok.
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Kevin's dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever. Kevin concluded that his dog must have infected him with something.
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Someone argues that drinking alchohol is morally wrong and cites a sermon from her pastor at church.
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The temperature has dropped this morning, and I also have a headache. The cold weather must be causing my headache.
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Dozens of poor families come to the Mayor for financial help. Poor people only depend on other people for their living.
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Famous actors like Alex Gonzaga and Philip Salvador support Oplan Tokhang, so it must be an effective operation.
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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.
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I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.
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A conclusion based on insufficient, incomplete, or biased information
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Every time that rooster crows, the sun comes up. That rooster must be very powerful and important!
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Today late for ten minutes, tomorrow late for an hour, and then someday you will simply cease to show up.
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