Persuasive Appeals and Fallacies

Persuasive Appeals and Fallacies

9th Grade

13 Qs

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Persuasive Appeals and Fallacies

Persuasive Appeals and Fallacies

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI.9-10.5, RI.11-12.5

+10

Standards-aligned

Created by

Chelsie Sawyer

FREE Resource

13 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which appeal uses credibility or trustworthiness to persuade the audience?

Pathos

Logos

Ethos

Red Herring

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Logos

Ethos

Pathos

Straw Man

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Logos

Pathos

Ad Hominem

Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Ad Hominem

Either-Or

Hasty Generalization

Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Either-Or

Straw Man

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Red Herring

Slippery Slope

Cause and Effect

Hasty Generalization

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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