Logical Fallacies
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| show | The writer fails to provide a clear definition of a term important to his/her argument
🗑
|
||||
| Ad hominem | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Assigning someone to a particular group by calling him or her a name
🗑
|
||||
| False Dilemma | show 🗑
|
||||
| Inadequate Sampling | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Do it/buy it/vote for it because everybody else does
🗑
|
||||
| show | One thing doesn't logically follow another
🗑
|
||||
| show | The writer whose argument is weak resorts to citing some authority whose pronouncements they assume the reader will accept as sufficient
🗑
|
||||
| show | The author presents an analogy between two ideas or events which are not analogous; that is, not comparable in a logical sense
🗑
|
||||
| Undocumented assertion | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | Argument attempts to evoke pity for the writer or the writer's position
🗑
|
||||
| show | The writer argues that because something is new it is better
🗑
|
||||
| show | Contains an argument. There is information left out that would change the outcome of the argument (leaves out info)
🗑
|
||||
| show | To claim as true a premise that is an assumption that is not proven and with which the reader must agree in order to agree with the conclusion
🗑
|
||||
| show | The writer attacks a position which is different from, and weaker than, the opposition's real position (leaves out info)
🗑
|
||||
| show | The writer points to the disagreeable consequences of holding a particular belief in order to show that this belief is false (THEN)
🗑
|
||||
| Post hoc ergo propter hoc | show 🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
maia.pie
Popular Writing sets