Persuasive Appeals and Fallacies

Which appeal uses credibility or trustworthiness to persuade the audience?

• Pathos

• Logos

• Ethos

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Which appeal targets the audience’s emotions to influence their decision?

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Which appeal uses facts, data, and logic to support a claim?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Which fallacy assumes that if one thing happens, a chain of events will inevitably follow, often leading to disaster?

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• Circular Reasoning

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which fallacy attacks a person’s character instead of their argument?

• Ad Hominem

• Either-Or

• Hasty Generalization

• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Which fallacy oversimplifies by offering only two options when more exist?

• Either-Or

• Straw Man

• Bandwagon

• Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which fallacy distracts from the main argument by introducing irrelevant information?

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

• Cause and Effect

• Hasty Generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

Which fallacy involves misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack?

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Either-Or

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which fallacy assumes that because many people believe something, it must be true?

• Cause and Effect

• Bandwagon

• Circular Reasoning

• Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Which fallacy mistakenly assumes that one event caused another simply because it happened first?

• Cause and Effect

• Straw Man

• Either-Or

• Slippery Slope

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.8