DOL Fallacy
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- Q1____________________ fallacy occurs when someone changes their opponent’s argument, and then refutes this “new” version of the argument.false analogy fallacystraw man fallacyred herring fallacy30s
- Q2____________________ fallacy occurs when irrelevant information is presented alongside relevant information, distracting attention from that relevant information.red herringstraw man fallacyfalse analogy fallacy30s
- Q3____________________ fallacy occurs when a person says that two things are alike in multiple ways just because they are alike in one way.straw man fallacyfalse analogy fallacyred herring fallacy30s
- Q4Ms. Mohammed asked her student Dee-Anna why she did not finish her assignment in class yesterday. Instead of responding to what Ms. Mohammed asked, Dee-Anna said that Ms. Mohammed gives too much homework. What type of logical fallacy is this?red herring fallacyfalse analogy fallacystraw man fallacy30s
- Q5Which sentence helped you identify the fallacy?Instead of responding to what Ms. Mohammed asked, Dee-Anna said that Ms. Mohammed gives too much homework.Ms. Mohammed asked her student Dee-Anna why she did not finish her assignment in class yesterday.30s
- Q6“Frogs and fish are basically the same animal because they both hatch in water.” What type of fallacy is this?false analogy fallacystraw man fallacyred herring fallacy30s
- Q7What is true about the following fallacy? “Frogs and fish are basically the same animal because they both hatch in water.”Irrelevant information is presented alongside relevant information, distracting attention from that relevant information.A person says two things are alike in multiple ways just because they are alike in one way.Someone changed their opponent’s argument, and then refutes this “new” version of the argument.30s
- Q8In a slippery slope fallacy, a person makes a claim that one event leads to another event and so on until we come to an unrealistic or undesirable ____________________.beginningconclusion or result30s
- Q9Along the way, each step or premise in the faulty logic becomes more and more _____________________.unlikelylikelyscaryenjoyable30s
- Q10Which of the following is a slippery slope fallacy?If we let this child bring the permission slip late, we need to have a conversation with them so they do not continue to miss deadlines.If we let this child bring the permission slip late, then they will get to school late, then they will miss the Do Now, then they will be late for their high school graduation.30s
- Q11A state government is debating whether or not they should lower the voting age. One person says that if they lower the voting age to 17, then 16 year olds would start insisting on the right to vote! Before long, babies will be voting!red herringstraw manslippery slopecircular reasoning30s
- Q12Violent video games cause teens to be violent, because violent teens play violent video games.false equivalencecircular reasoningstraw manad hominem30s
- Q13An argument that comes back to its beginning without having proven anything.straw manred herringcircular reasoningfalse analogy30s