Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.
Faulty Analogy
False Dilemma
Ad Hominem
Circular Reasoning
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president?
Cherry Picking
Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Ad Hominem
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
Ad hominem
Categorical Claim
Exaggeration
Stereotyping
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter hoc
Appeal to False Authority
Bandwagon appeal
Faulty Analogy
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.
Hasty Generalization
Straw Man
Bandwagon Appeal
Appeal to False Authority
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.
Non Sequitur
Slippery Slope
Circular Reasoning
Card Stacking
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Hasty Generalization
Either/Or
Appeal to False Authority
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Unless you can close your eyes to abuse, write a check to save this puppy.
ad hominem
hasty generalization
either-or fallacy
slippery slope
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Don't ever gamble! Once you start, you won't be able to stop, and you'll end up bankrupt.
ad hominem
bandwagon
either-or fallacy
slippery slope
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.
ad hominem
either-or fallacy
hasty generalization
slippery slope
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.