Logical Fallacies, practice

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11th - 12th Grade
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1.
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2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the logical fallacy committed.
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.
2.
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2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the logical fallacy committed.
Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.
Answer explanation
"Deceitful" already means dishonest. Therefore, you did not prove how plagiarism is deceitful because you basically repeated the word. It's like saying A is B because B.
3.
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2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the logical fallacy committed.
Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began. The water fluoridation must have caused the student's test scores to drop.
4.
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2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the logical fallacy committed.
I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the logical fallacy committed.
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…
Straw man
Red herring
Hasty generalization
Missing the point
6.
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2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the logical fallacy committed.
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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2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the logical fallacy committed.
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.
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