Rhetorical Devices Pt 2-Fallacies

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.

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

• ad hominem
• bandwagon

• hypophora

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

speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices

• bandwagon

• either/or
• hypophora

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

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

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

Which fallacy is pictured?

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Either-Or

A figure of speech where the speaker asks a question or several questions and then answers them.

• Hypophora
• Bandwagon

• Slippery slope

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

Should students wear uniforms to school? The answer is yes. Uniforms decrease discipline incidents.

• Ad hominem

• Bandwagon

• Hypophora

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4