Logical Fallacies

Identify the logical fallacy.

"Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today."

• False dichotomy

• Hasty generalization

• Red herring

• False analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Identify the logical fallacy.

"Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began; therefore, water fluoridation affects the brain."

• 
  Red Herring

• Post Hoc (False cause)

• Hasty Generalization

• Begging the Question (Circular reasoning)

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Identify the logical fallacy.

"If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and you GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless."

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

• False Dilemma

• Begging the question (Circular Reasoning)

Identify this logical fallacy.

"Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while."

• False analogy

• False Dichotomy

• Slipper Slope

• Appeal to authority

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify this logical fallacy.

"I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese."

• False Dichotomy

• Ad hominem

• Hasty generalization

• False Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Identify this logical fallacy

"A presidential candidate mentioned all the cities where his tax policy decreased crime and failed to mention all the cities where his policy increased crime."

• Ad hominem

• 
  Hasty generalization

• False analogy

• Cherry-picking the evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Identify this logical fallacy.

"After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending."

• Ad hominem

• Straw man

• 
  Red herring

• Emotional appeal

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify this logical fallacy.

""Chick fil A is the greatest food chain in existence. Look at the crowds!"

• Post hoc (False cause)

• Cherry-picking the evidence

• Appeal to authority

• Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify this logical fallacy.

"If you allow one student to take an online course, soon everyone will want to, and the schools will be empty."

• False Dilemma

• Band Wagon

• False Dichotomy

• Slippery Slope

Identify this logical fallacy.

"Luke didn't want to eat his vegetables, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who don't have anything to eat."

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad populum

• Hasty generalization

• Post hoc (False cause)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5