Search Header Logo

Logical Fallacies

Authored by Justin Lee

Science

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 94+ times

Logical Fallacies
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

14 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

Appeal to False Authority

Either/ Or

Bandwagon

Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.


Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

Ad Hominem

Hasty Generalization

Faulty Causality

Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.

Slippery Slope

Sentimental Appeal

Bandwagon

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.

Ad Hominem

Scare Tactic

Hasty Generalization

Sentimental Appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

If I don’t take this A.P. class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the A.P. exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the A.P. class.

Scare Tactic

Slippery Slope

Hasty Generalization

Faulty Causality

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

You need to go to the party with me, otherwise you’ll just be bored at home.

hasty generalization

post hoc

false dichotomy

appeal to ignorance

tu quoque

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

An ad hominem attack

is a very effective debate strategy
goes after a person's argument.
is always against a popular idea.
is an attack on the person, not the argument 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?