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Rhetorical Devices Pt 2-Fallacies

Authored by Ana Solis Martinez

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Rhetorical Devices Pt 2-Fallacies
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Which is an example of a Slippery Slope fallacy?

If you keep spending money on that, you won't ever buy anything else again.

I am decreasing my spending since I lost my job.

You spend too much money.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Billy : "An apple is a healthy option."  Bobby :"Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

ad hominem

bandwagon

hypophora

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.

ad homimen

slippery slope

either/or

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

bandwagon

either/or

hypophora

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Cari says that we need a major overhaul in education. Cari gets a speeding ticket every other week, so maybe she should learn how to drive instead of worrying about schools.

slippery slope

ad hominem

either/or

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Ad Hominem is latin for

"it's all good."

"against the man"

slippery slope

"wrong side of right"

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Match the definition with the fallacy: "going with the crowd/argues that because everyone else believes something it must be true"

either/or

Bandwagon

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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