INFORMAL FALLACY

Question 1

play upon the need of the person for security and belongingness

Answer 1

Appeal to Popularity

Question 2

involving a threat to the listener

Answer 2

Appeal to Force

Question 3

aims to evoke pity or mercy from the listener

Answer 3

Appeal to Pity

Question 4

involving a verbal attack of character

Answer 4

Appeal Against the Person

Question 5

draws listener or reader off track

Answer 5

Red Herring

Question 6

distort the opponent’s position

Answer 6

Strawman Fallacy

Question 7

provides validity of the conclusion

Answer 7

Begging to Question

Question 8

attempts to trap by asking a loaded question

Answer 8

Complex Question

Question 9

depends on minor causal relations of succession of events

Answer 9

False Cause

Question 10

chain events not likely to occur

Answer 10

Slippery Slope

Question 11

specific example of instantation

Answer 11

Hasty Generalization

Question 12

involving a word used in different senses

Answer 12

Fallacy of Equivocation

Question 13

involve an analogy that is inapplicable or irrelevant to the subject

Answer 13

Weak Analogy

Question 14

nobody has proven X is true

Answer 14

Argumentum and Ignoration

Question 15

misleads the listene by limiting the options into two

Answer 15

False Dillema

Question 16

cites an unqualified authority

Answer 16

Appeal to False Authority