Rhetorical Fallacies

• Hasty Generalization

• Sentimental Appeal

• Circular Reasoning

• Either/Or

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

• Circular Logic

• False Analogy

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

• Sentimental Appeal

• Ad Hominem

• Dogmatism

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

• Bandwagon Appeal

• Circular Reasoning

• Scare Tactic

• Moral Equivalence

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

• Faulty Causality

• Guilt by Association

• Sentimental Appeal

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Robot 2 (Blue) has been refuting all of Robot 1's (Orange) arguments. Robot 1 launches the above counterargument. What is this fallacy?

• Authority instead of Evidence

• Strawman

• False Need

• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Boy , those sound like pretty terrible, epicly fascist (hint) robots.

• Strawman

• Moral Equivalence

• Scare tactic

• False Authotiry

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

• Faulty Causality

• False Authority

• Either/Or (False Dichotomy)

• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

• Faulty Causality

• Scare Tactic

• Dogmatism

• Circular Reasoning

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Says Robot 2, attacking Robot 1 instead of his arguments.

• Ad Hominem

• Stacking the Deck

• False Need

• Authority instead of Evidence

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5