Rhetorical Fallacies
Authored by Sarah Williams
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Definition:
Oversimplifies an argument and attacks with a weaker argument.
Strawman
Red Herring
Begging the question
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Definition: "Assumes a statement to be true."
Begging the question
Red Herring
Ad Hominem
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Definition:
Attack on character rather than argument
Strawman
Begging the question
Ad Hominem
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you don’t like Lady Gaga, it’s because you hate women.
Ad Hominem
Begging the Question
Strawman
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A teacher tells Billy to stop talking, and he yells back: “Sarah was talking too!”
Ad Hominem
Red Herring
Strawman
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Taco is the best because it tastes better.
Begging the Question
Strawman
Red Herring
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.7.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Ms. Baker assigned me a lot of homework because she’s a witch!
Begging the Question
Red Herring
Ad Hominem
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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