Logical Fallacies

Question 1

Using the audience feeling to convert them to a particular viewpoint pills to fear flattery order cool pity or spite of the most common forms of this appeal and some circumstances, appealing to a emotion may be appropriate, but riders should avoid appeals to emotion when reason and logic are expected or needed. Example: I’m sure someone with your best experience can see that Sandy it’s a better

Answer 1

Appeal to emotion

Question 2

Claiming that it position is true because most people believe it example everyone cheats on their income tax so it must be all right

Answer 2

Appealed the bandwagon/popular opinion

Question 3

Discrediting and argument I attacking the person who makes it rather than the argument and self sample don’t listen to Becky’s opinion I’m over she just supposed it because she is from a rich family

Answer 3

Attacking the person/ad hominem

Question 4

Using a pre-mice to prove I think lesion when the Primus itself seems that the conclusion is true you handle these movies are popular because they make me so happy you make a lot of money because he polite them people like them because there’s a popular

Answer 4

Begging the question/circular reasoning

Question 5

Claiming that because one event occurred before second, because it caused the second

Answer 5

False cause-and-effect post hoc

Question 6

Suggesting only two solutions to a problem when other options are also available sample America love it or leave it

Answer 6

False dilemma /either or arguments

Question 7

Introducing a unrelated or invalid point to distract the reader for that argument

Answer 7

Red herring

Question 8

Assuming a chain of cause-and-effect relationships with very suspect connectionsexample if I give you a ticket and I have to give everyone a free ticket and my boss will get mad at buying me and I will be homeless so giving you a free ticket or make me homeless

Answer 8

Slippery slope

Question 9

Attacking one of the oppositions unimportant or small argument annoying the oppositions best argumentExample the debate over drink machines centers around cost and choice. Opponents a new drink machines are you at their locations as an important issue this insignificant point has little relevance to actual point

Answer 9

Strawman

Question 10

Excepting someone’s argument because of his or her authority in a field unrelated to the argument rather than evaluating the person’s argument on its own merits example: my dentist says she’s voting for the conservative candidate so I will too

Answer 10

Appeal to authority