Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Logical Fallacies

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Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI.7.8, RI.8.5

+8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A personal attack meant to discredit one’s opponent

Ad Hominem

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Assumes the NATURAL choice is always the best choice

Ad Hominem

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Assumes the POPULAR choice is always the best choice

Ad Hominem

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Supports a claim with the claim itself

Red Herring

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The use of a completely unrelated topic in support of a claim

Red Herring

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Unfair negative association with another person or group that is intended to discredit

Red Herring

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other

False Causation

False Dichotomy

Hasty Generalization

Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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