Logical Fallacy Speeches

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

• Circular Reasoning

• False Dilemma

• Affirming the Consequent

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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 Dichotomy

• Slipper Slope

• Weak Analogy

• Post Hoc

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My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

• Hasty Generalization

• Circular Reasoning

• Cherry-picking the evidence

• Ad Hominem

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Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty?

• Begging the Question

• Post Hoc

• Straw Man

• Hasty Generalization

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Identify the fallacy.

• slippery slope

• strawman

• false analogy

• ad populum (bandwagon)

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Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

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Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

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Kids need more freedom of speech," a student says. "Really," a teacher replies. "We teachers can't even talk about which candidates we support." This is

• inductive reasoning

• ad hominem

• red herring

• slippery slope

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Which type of fallacy is in the following argument: "The mayor's proposal for a new park must be bad because the mayor has been divorced three times."

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

• Non Sequitur

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Kids need more freedom of speech," a student says. "Really," a teacher replies. "We teachers can't even talk about which candidates we support." This is

• inductive reasoning

• ad hominem

• red herring

• slippery slope

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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