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- 1. Multiple Choice
Attacking the individual instead of the argument is...Cause and EffectSlippery SlopeAd HominemCircular Argument - 2. Multiple ChoiceHow do you know there aren't dragons? I mean, do you have any proof that there aren't any?AnecdotalBandwagonHasty GeneralizationBurden of Proof
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhen the rooster crows, the sun rises. Therefore, the rooster causes the sun to rise.False cause / cause and effectHasty generalizationRed HerringAppeal to authority
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIntroducing a topic not related to the subject at hand.StrawmanCircular argumentRed HerringCause and effect
- 5. Multiple Choice
Example of a strawman fallacy is...
The government doesn't take care of the poor because it doesn't have a tax specifically to support the poor.
I figured you couldn't possibly get it right, so I ignored your comment.
You presented a circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise.
You misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceI have flipped heads five times in a row. As a result, the next flip will probably be tails.Begging the questionBandwagonAppeal to AuthorityGambler's fallacy
- 7. Multiple Choice
An argument from small numbers, statistics of small numbers, insufficient statistics, argument by taking sweeping sample, hasty induction, insufficient evidence.
Slippery slope
Ad hominem
Hasty generalization
Cause and Effect
- 8. Multiple ChoiceYou are so stupid your argument couldn't possibly be true.Appeal to traditionCause and effectHasty generalizationAd hominem
- 9. Multiple ChoiceYou asked a question that had an assumption built into it so that it couldn't be answered without appearing guilty.False causeLoaded questionAd hominemSlippery slope
- 10. Multiple Choice
A type of reasoning used when you attempt to make an argument by beginning with an assumption that what you are trying to prove is already true.
Burden of proof
Appeal to authority
Circular argument
Red Herring
- 11. Multiple ChoiceA Red Herring refers to ...A kind of fallacy that is an irrelevant topic introduced in an argument to divert the attention of listeners or readers from the original issue.A relationship to a cause because the events occurred together.Attacking the individual instead of the argument.An idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.
- 12. Multiple Choice
In logic, critical thinking, political rhetoric, and caselaw, is a consequentialist logical device in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant (usually negative) effect.
Cause and effect
Slippery Slope
Burden of Proof
Red Herring
- 13. Multiple Choice
"The mind is like a knife, cutting through difficult problems. But just as too much cutting dulls a knife, so too much education dulls the mind."
False dilemma
False analogy
Equivocation
Circular reasoning
- 14. Multiple Choice
"Are you with us, or against us?"
False dilemma
False analogy
Ad hominem
Special pleading
- 15. Multiple Choice
Hasty Generalization...
creates fear in people as evidence to support a claim.
(or jumping to conclusions)—draws a conclusion about a population based on a small sample.
presents an irrelevant topic to divert attention away from the original issue.
uses the logic that the way things used to be is better than they are now, ignoring any problems of the past.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Unless you can close your eyes to abuse, write a check to save this puppy.
name calling
hasty generalization
either-or fallacy
stereotype
- 17. Multiple Choice
Four out of five dentists recommend Happy Glossy Smiley toothpaste brand. Therefore, it must be great.
hasty generalization
false cause and effect
either-or fallacy
name calling
- 18. Multiple Choice
TRUST ME, I'M A DOCTOR
genetic
appeal to authority
special pleading
strawman
- 19. Multiple Choiceappeal to emotionburden of proofno true Scotsmanthe Texas sharpshooter
- 20. Multiple Choice
slippery slope
bandwagon
appeal to authority
genetic
- 21. Multiple Choiceappeal to authoritystrawmancomposition/divisionmiddle ground
- 22. Multiple Choice
McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.
Post Hoc
False Analogy
Red Herring
Bandwagon
- 23. Multiple ChoiceMichael Jordan, battery ad.Bandwagon AppealPost HocRed HerringFalse Authority
- 24. Multiple ChoiceLook at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president?Cherry PickingHasty GeneralizationPost HocAd Hominem
- 25. Multiple ChoiceIn this picture which Fallacy is being used?False DilemmaRed HerringFalse causeAd Hominem
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