Fallacy Practice Quiz

Ad Hominem

Attacks Person (name mentioned) directly

Non Sequitur

A fallacy where the conclusion does not logically follow from the premises.

Strawperson

A fallacy that occurs when an opponent's position is misrepresented to make it easier to attack, rather than addressing the actual argument. (exaggerates a person/group of people)

Oversimplification

Offers easy solutions to complicated problems

Faulty Cause/Effect

A fallacy that asserts a cause-and-effect relationship where none exists, often confusing correlation with causation. (A causes B because A happened first)

Slippery Slope

A fallacy that suggests that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in a significant impact, often without evidence to support such an extreme outcome.

Either Or Reasoning

A fallacy that presents two options as the only possibilities, ignoring other potential alternatives or outcomes.

False Analogy

Compares something more unalike than alike

Hasty Generalization

Draws conclusions without enough evidence or bases conclusions on a narrowed sample

Begging the Question

A fallacy in which an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion instead of supporting it, often resulting in circular reasoning.

ad hominem

We cannot consider Shinabargers curriculum proposal because she is a woman

False Analogy

Writing is like breathing; you just do what comes naturally

Oversimplification

If schools could find good teachers all students would graduate high school

Slippery Slope

If college makes students take more mathematics courses, the next thing we know, advanced calculus and quantum physics, will be required

Strawperson

Environmentalists are radical. They want to ruin everyodys’s fun by taking cars and boats away

Non Sequitur

A new baseball stadium downtown will help the homeless problem

Slippery slope

If health care isn’t made affordable for the poor, soon no one will be able to afford healthcare

Begging the Question

Foods with high trans fats are bad for you because they have high fat content

Hasty Generalization

Women are too possessive. My ex-girlfriend would never let me go out alone

Begging the Question

Girls should not be allowed into the Boys’ Military Academy because it is for boys only

False Analogy

People who needs a cup of coffee every morning are no different than an alcoholic

Oversimplification

This credit card will end all my financial problems

Slippery Slope

If the professor lets one student turn in their paper late then all students will turn in their papers late from now on

Hasty Generalization

French people are rude. When I went to France a few civilians would grunt when I asked for help

Strawperson

Hippies are crazy. We cannot believe their ideas about peace, love, and happiness

Either or reasoning

Either we destroy Russia, or Russia will destroy us

Ad hominem

Mr. Mann’s Argument is suspicious because he is creepy

Faulty cause/effect

The tax cut made energy rates drop

Either or reasoning

Either we can stop using fossil fuels or destroy the earth

Faulty cause/effect

Many people who do well in college also volunteer so volunteering will make you successful in college

Non Sequitur

My friend invested all his money in Netflix and became rich, so we should give him all our money to invest and we can be rich too

Oversimplification

If we could give kids something to do, they wouldn’t get so depressed