Logical Fallacies quiz

uses authority to appeal to an arguments claim

• Ad hominem Fallacy

• Slippery Slope

• Appeals to Authority

• Faulty Causality

attacking the persons credentials instead of addressing the real argument that theyre making

• Either or Fallacy

• Ad hominem Fallacy

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Bandwagon Fallacy

Type of argument suggests that taking a minor action will lead to major and sometimes ridiculous consequences

• Slippery Slope

• Weak Analogy

• Straw Man Argument

• Appeals to Authority

Assumption that because one event followed another another the first caused the second

• Bandwagon Fallacy

• Ad hominem Fallacy

• Hasty Generalization

• Faulty Causality

when a fallacy is used to approve or disapprove an argument, but it is weak and not effective

• Weak Analogy

• Non-Sequitur

• Appeals to Pity

• Straw Man Argument

arguing something related to the topic but not the actual topic

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Straw Man Argument

• Hasty Generalization

appeal to pathos, basis of the argument

• Non-Sequitur

• Either or Fallacy

• Ad hominem Fallacy

• Appeals to Pity

conclusion or statement that does not follow the previous argument

• Bandwagon Fallacy

• Non-Sequitur

• Faulty Causality

• Weak Analogy

when an argument suggests that there are only 2 options. Intent is to lead the audience to believe that only one is the correct choice

• Bandwagon Fallacy

• Either or Fallacy

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Hasty Generalization

making a rushed conclusion with out considering all of the factors or variables

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad hominem Fallacy

• Appeals to ignorance

• Slippery Slope