Logical Fallacies Review Quiz

an attempt to use compassion or pity to replace a logical argument; appealing to pity as an argument for special treatment​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• Ad Misericordiam
• Either-Or (or False Dilemma)
• Hasty Generalization
• Ad bactum, or Scare Tactics

attacking your opponent instead of attacking his argument​ ​ ​ (a)  

• Ad hominem/genetic fallacy
• Ad Misericordiam
• Red Herring/Smokescreen
• Slippery Slope

erecting a distorted or exaggerated representation of an opponent's argument;When a writer argues against a claim that nobody actually holds or is universally considered weak​ (a)  

• Straw Man
• Argument from Outrage
• Either-Or (or False Dilemma)
• Hasty Generalization

Either-Or (or False Dilemma)

• appeal to a crowd; arguing that something is true because other people think so

• erecting a distorted or exaggerated representation of an opponent's argument

• an attempt to scare people into accepting your position

• Oversimplifying the argument by suggesting that there are only two possible conclusions or outcomes, such as 'You're either with us, or against us.'

A person assumes that, because one thing happened before another, that thing caused the other;

after this, therefore because of this

• Argument from Outrage

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

• Straw Man

showing anger to support your point

• Ad bactum, or Scare Tactics

• Argument from Outrage

• Ad Populum (Bandwagon)

• Ad Misericordiam

appeal to a crowd; arguing that something is true because other people think so​ (a)  

• Ad Populum (Bandwagon)
• Hasty Generalization
• Straw Man
• Ad hominem/genetic fallacy

A person suggests that one action will lead to a sequence of events that will cause an inevitable and undesireable outcome

• Smokescreen

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence. To leap to a conclusion based on only a few facts or instances​ ​ (a)  

• Hasty Generalization
• Either-Or (or False Dilemma)
• Slippery Slope
• Bandwagon

An attempt to scare people into accepting your position is called Ad baculum or ______ Tactics.