Fallacies Mr. Boast Practice
This is way easier than his test will be. But it helps a bit.
- 1.Martin Luther King would roll over in his grave!
- A.
Ad populum
- B.
Transfer "Name dropping"
- C.
Appeal to prejudge
- D.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- E.
Ad hominem
- 2.We shouldn't listen to this person because he cheated on his wife!
- A.
Ad populum
- B.
Bandwagoning
- C.
Transfer
- D.
Ad hominem
- E.
Begging the question
- 3.His classroom is a dictatorship!
- A.
Ad populum
- B.
Ad hominem
- C.
False analogy
- D.
No sequitar
- E.
Over simplication/false dilemma
- 4.80% of people support gay marriage, so it should be legal.
- A.
Guilt by association
- B.
Strawman
- C.
Broad generalization
- D.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- E.
Bandwagoning
- 5.Please send money to our cause. My grandmother is dying and scared. She needs the money. She is going to die!
- A.
Guilt by association
- B.
Strawman
- C.
Ignoring the question
- D.
Appeal to pity/manipulation
- E.
Appeal to tradition
- 6.Asians are commie, sex-crazed, freaks!
- A.
Appeal to prejudice
- B.
Appeal to tradition
- C.
False analogy
- D.
Ad hominem
- E.
Ad populum
- 7.This is the way we have always done it so it is the right way!
- A.
Appeal to prejudice
- B.
Slippery Slope
- C.
No sequitar
- D.
Strawman
- E.
Appeal to tradition
- 8.He was a war hero so he will be a strong president!
- A.
Ignoring the question
- B.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- C.
False analogy
- D.
Bandwagoning
- E.
Transfer
- 9.How do you feel about gun control? A: Well Stacy, Gun control is the controlling of guns. Guns are shooting instruments.
- A.
Ignoring the question
- B.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- C.
Appeal to tradition
- D.
Broad generalization
- E.
Slippery slope
- 10.She did well in college because she had Mr. Boast for English.
- A.
Transfer
- B.
Ad populum
- C.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- D.
Strawman
- E.
False analogy
- 11.Sara is a Christian, she supports prolife.
- A.
Begging the question
- B.
No seqitar
- C.
Slippery slope
- D.
Over simpleication
- E.
Guilt by association
- 12.Gay marriage is wrong. It shouldn't be legal. It's bad.
- A.
Begging the question
- B.
Bandwagoning
- C.
Appeal to tradition
- D.
Ignoring the question
- E.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- 13.Prolifers are a bunch of Bible-thumping Christians who think abortion is murder.
- A.
Slippery slope
- B.
Broad generalization
- C.
No sequitar
- D.
Strawman
- E.
Begging the question
- 14.Home robberies are on the rise, we shouldn't ban handguns.
- A.
No sequitar
- B.
Slippery slope
- C.
Broad generalization
- D.
Begging the question
- E.
Guilt by association
- 15.Gay marriage shouldn't be legal because it leads to beastality and pedophilia.
- A.
Strawman
- B.
Guilt by association
- C.
Slippery slope
- D.
Broad generalization
- E.
Over simplication/false dilemma
- 16.All teenagers are irresponsible!
- A.
Ad hominem
- B.
Broad generalation
- C.
Transfer
- D.
Strawman
- E.
Slippery slope
- 17.We have no choice but to nuke the whole country.
- A.
Ignoring the question
- B.
Over simplication/false dilemma
- C.
Appeal to trandition
- D.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- E.
Slippery slope
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