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WorksheetsInformal Fallacies Final Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
"You’ve got to learn the new TikTok dance everyone’s doing. If you don’t, you’ll be left out!"
Equivocation
Ad Hominem Abusive
Ad hominem Circumstantial
Bandwagon
Appeal to Force
“Why should I listen to you about fitness tips? You’re the one who can’t even run a mile without wheezing.”
Ad Hominem Abusive
Appeal to Force
Ad Hominem Circumstantial
Bandwagon
Equivocation
Person A: "The sign says that parking fines will be enforced here."
Person B: "Great! That means if I park here, my car will be fine."
Bandwagon
Equivocation
Ad hominem Circumstantial
Amphibole
Appeal to force
"Let’s eat grandma!"
Bandwagon
Amphibole
Ad hominem abusive
Appeal to force
Equivocation
Person A: "I just don't think this 5 year growth plan is what's best for the company." Person B: "Well, as your supervisor, I would suggest you rethink your position before the upcoming board meeting, or you may not be at this company for much longer."
Ad hominem abusive
Ad hominem circumstantial
Bandwagon
Appeal to force
Equivocation
Student: "Mr. Quin, I am thinking about doing my paper on why God doesn't exist. I have several reasons for thinking that to be the case." Mr. Quin: "Well, as a Christian, I believe you are wrong, and I will just say, if you argue for that in your presentation, I will fail you in this class."
Bandwagon
Ad hominem abusive
Amphibole
Appeal to force
Ad hominem circumstantial
"If Croesus went to war against Cyrus, he would destroy a great empire."
Amphibole
Ad Hominem Abusive
Ad Hominem Circumstantial
Appeal to Force
Bandwagon
Identify the logical fallacy in the argument: "We should not listen to Jane's opinion on environmental policies because she drives a large SUV."
Appeal to force
Ad Hominem Circumstantial
Ad hominem abusive
Equivocation
Amphibole
Which type of fallacy is in the following argument: "The mayor's proposal for a new park must be bad because the mayor has been divorced three times."
Ad Hominem Abusive
Ad hominem circumstantial
Appeal to force
Bandwagon
Equivocation
"I don't take your arguments for the Bible seriously. You are a Christian pastor and so I would expect you to say what you are saying."
Appeal to Force
Ad hominem circumstantial
Ad hominem abusive
Equivocation
Amphibole
You think that I am wrong huh? Well, tell me then how the transverse of the tangential vector is supposed to bisect the inverse proportion of the derivative. You can’t? Then why should I listen to you?
Prestige Jargon
Equivocation
Ad Hominem
Straw Man
Amphibole
There is no scientific proof for creation, therefore evolution must be true.
Argument from ignorance
Appeal to Inappropriate Authority
Appeal to Emotion
Begging the Question
Bandwagon
Doesn’t that new purse just feel right hanging on your arm? It must be the one you should buy.
Appeal to Emotion
The Girl Math Fallacy
Bandwagon
Appeal to Force
Straw Man
Write in the name of the informal fallacy that is present: Bob: Do you really think you can trust your parents? How do you know? Bill: Sure I can trust my parents. I asked them if I could trust them and they said I could. Their word is good enough for me.
Begging the Question
Straw Man
Ad Hominem
Equivocation
Appeal to Emotion
Write in the name of the informal fallacy that is present: Obamacare means that the government is going to take over hospitals. They will decide who lives and dies! Do you really want the government in charge of that? Then we must get rid of Obamacare!
Appeal to Force
Ad Hominem Circumstantial
Straw Man
Prestige Jargon
Argument from Ignorance
What logical fallacy is present in the statement: "I think scientists are wrong. There is no such thing as global warming. I just finished talking to my pastor and he thought the idea was ridiculous."?
Appeal to Inappropriate Authority
Straw Man
Slippery Slope
Red Herring
Appeal to Age
Identify the fallacy in the statement: "Southerners talk fast. I was just on the phone with one and he sure talked fast."
Hasty Generalization
Red Herring
Begging the Question
Genetic Fallacy
Appeal to Ignorance
What is the logical fallacy in the question: "Does the pain medication you use now start to work in less than one second?"
Appeal to Ignorance
Complex Question
Red Herring
Slippery Slope
Appeal to Emotion
What is the logical fallacy in the father's response: "Son: Why can’t I go see the Day of the Spatulas movie with my friends? Father: Because January 1st falls on a Wednesday this year."
Red Herring
Slippery Slope
Appeal to Inappropriate Authority
Hasty Generalization
Genetic Fallacy
Identify the fallacy in Alice's reasoning: "I feel like astrology brings us closer to the truth about our future, don’t you? Jim: No. I think it is stupid. Alice: But I know it is true because I am an Aries, and people born under the sign of Aries are very good at discovering truth."
Begging the Question
Genetic Fallacy
Appeal to Age
Hasty Generalization
Prestige Jargon
What logical fallacy is present in the statement: "You disagree with the idea of women in the military just because of your Baptist upbringing."
Ad Hominem Abusive
False Dilemma
Red Herring
Appeal to Emotion
Genetic Fallacy
What logical fallacy is present in the statement: "My mom teaches people well. Whenever she explains something to me, I understand it perfectly."
Hasty Generalization
Appeal to Inappropriate Authority
Begging the Question
Bandwagon
Genetic Fallacy
Identify the fallacy in Bill's response: "Bob: I am opposed to capital punishment. Bill: Bob you make me sick. Why would you ever oppose criminals being punished for their crimes? Don’t you ever think about the victims?"
Straw Man
Ad Hominem Abusive
Hasty Generalization
Appeal to Emotion
Complex Question
What is the logical flaw in Mr. Rose's response: "Student: Mr. Rose can I go to the restroom? Mr. Rose: I saw your soccer game the other night. You did a great job."
Red Herring
Appeal to Emotion
False Cause
Slippery Slope
Complex Question
Identify the fallacy in the statement: "The bible talks about Hittites, but nowhere in archeology has there ever been found any evidence that those people ever existed. Therefore, they never existed and the Bible is in error."
Appeal to Ignorance
Begging the Question
Straw Man
Appeal to Age
Red Herring
What logical fallacy is present in the statement: "If you say that you don’t like the food in the SLC then you don’t like Prestonwood. If you don’t like Prestonwood you will probably get kicked out. Without an education you will probably become homeless. You don’t want to become homeless, so don’t say that you don’t like the food in the SLC."
Slippery Slope
Appeal to Force
Red Herring
Straw Man
Genetic Fallacy
What logical fallacy is present in the statement: "If you say that you don’t like the food in the SLC then you don’t like Prestonwood. If you don’t like Prestonwood you will probably get kicked out. Without an education you will probably become homeless. You don’t want to become homeless, so don’t say that you don’t like the food in the SLC."
Slippery Slope
Appeal to Force
Red Herring
Straw Man
Genetic Fallacy
Hinduism is the truest religion because it's the oldest religion. It predates Christianity and Islam.
Red herring
Appeal to Age
Begging the Question
Slippery Slope
Genetic Fallacy.
