Logical Fallacies

What is the name of the logical fallacy that refers to an argument that relies on personal attacks?

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

• Ad Hominem

• False Dichotomy

What is the name of the logical fallacy that appeals to listeners' fears by proposing a dramatic and unlikely chain of events?

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• False Causality

• Hasty Generalization

What is the name of the logical fallacy that incorrectly assumes that correlation equals causation?

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• False Dichotomy

• False Causality

What is a straw man argument?

• An argument that intentionally misrepresents the opposition in order to make it easier to disprove.

• An argument that avoids the original point of contention and tries to distract from the point being debated.

• An argument that draws conclusions from a small sample size and applies those conclusions too broadly.

Identify the logical fallacy: Don't listen to Steve—he didn't even graduate from college.

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• False Causality

• Ad Hominem

Identify the logical fallacy: I used to work with a girl who had blonde hair, and she was an air-head; all blondes are unintelligent.

• False Dichotomy

• Hasty Generalization

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

Identify the logical fallacy: If you don't clean your room, then it will start to smell bad, and you'll start to smell bad. And if you smell bad, you won't have any friends.

• Ad Hominem

• False Dichotomy

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

Identify the logical fallacy: We only have two options; we can raise the minimum wage to $15/hour or keep it at $7.25/hour for another fifty years.

• Slippery Slope

• False Dichotomy

• False Causality

• Red Herring

Identify the logical fallacy: Gun sales increased during the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore, guns must have caused the spread COVID-19.

• Slippery Slope

• False Causality

• False Dichotomy

• Ad Hominem

Identify the logical fallacy: Steve: "We should shorten the length of the school day." Bob: "Steve wants to shorten the school day because he doesn't think education is important."

• Slippery Slope

• False Causality

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem