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Fallacies

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  • Q1
    Don't believe what Kim says about global warming. Kim dropped out of college!
    Straw man
    Slippery slope
    Ad hominem
    False dichotomy
    30s
  • Q2
    You didn't remember to take out the trash this morning. It will pile up and the neighbors will complain and the health inspectors will come and take away the kids.
    Begging the question
    Slippery slope
    False dichotomy
    Straw man
    30s
  • Q3
    If you can't prove that Ken had an affair with the nanny, then he's been faithful to his wife.
    Slippery slope
    Begging the question
    Appeal to authority
    False dichotomy
    30s
  • Q4
    We should move to the midwest because the Wall Street Journal says the cost of living is cheaper there.
    Begging the question
    Appeal to authority
    Straw man
    Ad hominem
    30s
  • Q5
    Being overweight leads to a shortened lifespan because it's unhealthy.
    False dichotomy
    Straw man
    Slippery slope
    Begging the question
    30s
  • Q6
    Animal rights activists believe that we shouldn't keep animals captive and make them do our will. They would have you abandon your pets in the wilderness.
    Begging the question
    Straw man
    Appeal to authority
    Slippery slope
    30s
  • Q7
    Either join in political life or resign yourself to a lonely and meaningless existence.
    Genetic fallacy
    Ad hominem
    False dilemma
    Appeal to ignorance
    30s
  • Q8
    You should bathe three times a day in a tub of whole milk to keep your skin looking young. No one has ever proved that it doesn't work.
    Slippery slope
    Begging the question
    Appeal to ignorance
    False dilemma
    30s
  • Q9
    Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: My client's civil rights are at stake. It's true that he pointed at the victim and told the other men with him, "That's the one who cost you your jobs. Get him!" But that was only his expression of his opinion. You have to either let a man speak his mind, or admit that we're living in a police state.
    False dilemma
    Perfectionist fallacy
    Slippery slope
    Straw man
    30s
  • Q10
    From the list below, select the name of the rhetorical device that attacks the arguer instead of the argument.
    Ad hominem
    Begging the question
    Burden of proof
    Slippery slope
    30s

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