Logical Fallacies
Authored by Lareesa Greunke
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
language that elicits an emotional response in the reader
loaded language
red herring
hasty generalization
slippery slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
information in an argument that distracts from the real issue.
red herring
ad hominem
stereotypes
slippery slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
an assumption about an entire group of people based on no real evidence that is insensitive, insulting, or offensive.
stereotype
categorical claim
red herring
hasty generalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
an assumption based on no real evidence; these are not usually insulting but can lead to stereotypes.
hasty generalization
slippery slope
loaded language
bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
appeals to the reader’s desire to belong; the “everyone’s doing it”/don't be left out mentality
bandwagon
categorical claims
ad hominem
stereotype
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
overstates something, trying to make it seem larger or greater than what is true
exaggeration
hasty generalization
red herring
slippery slope
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
assumes that two or more people or things are the same just because they can be put into the same general category
categorical claims
exaggeration
red herring
ad hominem
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
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