Fallacies

Question 1

Slippery Slope

Answer 1

The assumption that once started, a situation will continue to its most extreme possible outcome.

Question 2

Hasty Generalization

Answer 2

Not enough evidence to support a particular conclusion

Question 3

False Dilemma (Either/Or)

Answer 3

Speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices; Only offers two ways to view the issue and both are extreme and inaccurate

Question 4

Ad Hominem

Answer 4

Switching argument from issue at hand to the character of the other speaker; Arguing against the person rather than addressing the issue; It’s valid to question a person’s character it it’s relevant to the topic at hand

Question 5

Circular Reasoning

Answer 5

Repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence

Question 6

Red Herring

Answer 6

Results from using evidence that’s irrelevant to the claim; When speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic to avoid topic of discussion

Question 7

Straw Man

Answer 7

When a speaker deliberately chooses a poor or oversimplified example to ridicule and refute an opponent’s viewpoint

Question 8

Faulty Analogy

Answer 8

An analogy in which the two things are not comparable; focus on irrelevant and inconsequential similarities between two things