Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI. 9-10.8, RI.8.1

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Because doctors smoke it must be a healthy choice.

hasty generalization

moral equivalence

straw man

slippery slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

We should stop using hairspray because it is snowing in New York.

hasty generalization

non sequitur

ad hominem

moral equivalence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If we use just one more can of hairspray this month, earth as we know it will no longer exist.

hasty generalization

slippery slope

red herring

straw man

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

We either ban hairspray or the world will end.

slippery slope

non sequitur

either/or (black/white) (binary)

moral equivalence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

ad hominem

circular reasoning

straw man

red herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The news is fake because so much of the news is fake.

ad hominem

moral equivalence

non sequitur

circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Occurs when an argument which is supposed to prove something concludes something else instead

INCONSISTENCY

AFFIRMING CONSEQUENT

IRRELEVANT CONCLUSION

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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