8 Logical Fallacies

8 Logical Fallacies

6th Grade

24 Qs

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8 Logical Fallacies

8 Logical Fallacies

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.6.8, L.6.6, RI.6.1

+11

Standards-aligned

Created by

Martha Campbell

Used 3+ times

FREE Resource

24 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mark likes the British soccer team. Clearly he is unfit to be a police chief in Ireland.

Ad Hominem

Circular Reasoning

Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stealing is against the law because it's wrong; I know it's wrong because it is against the law.

Hasty Generalization

Circular Reasoning

Non Sequitur

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My roommate (person I share my house with) wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with our patio furniture. Now she's shopping for new patio furniture and not asking me about the garage.

Red Herring

Bandwagon

Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Almost everyone at my school will be at the party Friday night. It must be the right thing to do.

Bandwagon

Non Sequitur

Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nowadays, people only vote with their emotions instead of using their critical thinking skills.

Bandwagon

Hasty Generalizaion

Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sally said she prefers to have a dog therefore she hates dogs.

Slippery Slope

Strawman

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you miss soccer practice, it means you were probably goofing off. People who goof off drop out of school and end up penniless.

Slippery Slope

Ad Hominem

Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

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