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  • Q1

    A(n) ______________________ fallacy occurs when a person uses a sample that is too small or too specific to be representative of a population.

    false analogy

    generalization

    false equivalence 

    ad hominem

    red herring

    straw man

    30s
  • Q2

    A(n) ____________________ fallacy occurs when someone attacks a

    person’s character rather than what he or she is saying.

    false analogy

    false equivalence 

    straw man

    generalization

    ad hominem

    red herring

    30s
  • Q3

    A(n) _____________________ fallacy occurs when someone

    incorrectly asserts two or more things are the same, simply

    because they share some characteristics.

    false analogy

    red herring

    false equivalence 

    ad hominem

    straw man

    generalization

    30s
  • Q4

    ____________________ fallacy occurs when someone changes their

    opponent’s argument, and then refutes this “new” version of the

    argument.

    red herring

    ad hominem

    generalization

    false equivalence 

    false analogy

    straw man

    30s
  • Q5

    ____________________ fallacy occurs when irrelevant information is

    presented alongside relevant information, distracting attention

    from that relevant information.

    straw man

    ad hominem

    false equivalence 

    generalization

    false analogy

    red herring

    30s
  • Q6

    .___________________ fallacy occurs when a person says that two

    things are alike in multiple ways just because they are alike in one

    way.

    false analogy

    ad hominem

    generalization

    red herring

    straw man

    false equivalence 

    30s

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