Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies

12th Grade - University

18 Qs

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Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade - University

Medium

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI. 9-10.8, L.6.5B

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18 questions

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1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to know how to identify logical fallacies?

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2.

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. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

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.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

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. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

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. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

I know the professor said the Bridges of Madison County was smarmy trash and lacked any artistic worth. But I still think he's wrong. After all, it was on the best-seller list for over 100 weeks.

Scare Tactics

Red Herring

Bandwagon Argument

Begging the Question

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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