Red Herring

What is Red Herring?

• Changing the Topic

• Distracting Someone

• Making an excuse

• Teaching Life lessons

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

You promised me yesterday that you were going to take care of this task.

Oh yeah, that. Actually, I’m working on a really cool project now, want to see some screenshots?

This conversation is an example of a Red Herring Fallacy.

• True

• False

You've only ever lived in the city. The issues that matter to America's heartland are clearly beyond your comprehension. This is an example of a Red Herring Fallacy.

• True

• False

Which logical fallacy's definition is "something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question?"

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning

• Loaded Question

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

irrelevant information is presented alongside relevant information, drawing attention from that relevant information.

• circular reasoning

• strawman

• red herring

• slippery slope

If you are answering a question by changing the subject, you are using ____.

• False Dilemma

• Genetic Fallacy

• Straw Man

• Red Herring “Smoke-

  screen”

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

What type of fallacy diverts the audience's attention with a false argument?

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Sally is asking Sam why he decided to buy a bunch of junk food when they had agreed to try to save money. Sam’s response is that Sally bought a new video game last week so she shouldn’t be criticizing him.

• Red Herring

• Circular Reasoning

• False Analogy

• Straw Man

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is a Red Herring fallacy

• intentionally misrepresenting an opponent’s position or claim with a more easily deniable position and may involve oversimplifying, omitting, or distorting details

• inappropriately suggests one action will automatically lead to a chain of disastrous or undesirable action(s)/event(s)

•  the idea is to attack the character or the circumstances of the opposing side  to distract from the argument.

• misleads or distracts the reader's’ attention from the original topic with irrelevant information

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• False Premise

• Straw Man

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope