Name that Fallacy!

I guess I should buy my daughter an iPhone for Christmas.

All of her friends at school have one, and I don't want her to feel left out.

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Crowd

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Benny: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality education is important to me!

Lenny: And where do you expect the U.S. Government to get the money to do that?

Should they pull it from the military? Is that what you want?

You want us to be a defenseless country?

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to Ignorance

• Straw Man

My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him?

I mean, he moved into this town only two years ago,

and his family disowned in that same time!

• Causal Fallacy

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Crowd

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

If I don't take this class then I won't do well on the AP exam.

If I don't do well on the exam then I won't get into my preferred college,

and if I don't get into my preferred college then I'll never get a job I love.

• Causal Fallacy

• False Dilemma

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

I know you don't want me to drive the car because I am still so young,

but I was going to pick up coffee. I know how much you love coffee!

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1