Logical Fallacies
Punctuation
Sentence Structure
Rhetorical Appeal
100
This kind of fallacy occurs when
someone takes another person’s
argument or point, distorts it or
exaggerates it in some kind of extreme
way, and then attacks the extreme
distortion, as if that is really the claim the
first person is making. (gaslighting)
What is Straw Man Fallacy?
100
What change should be made to the following sentence:
Please tell mom that her Amazon order came in, and there's another big box out here too.
What is:
Change mom to Mom.
100
The FANBOYS are:
What is:
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So?
100
A car advertisement may point out the safety record of its vehicle.
What is logos?
200
This fallacy consists in diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first.
What is Red Herring?
200
The following sentence is known as a ______:
I'll call you later this evening I need some help with my tax form.
What is a run-on sentence?
200
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
'To be' is an:
What is an infinitive?
300
This occurs when someone ignores the differences in the data and overemphasizes the similarities, thus arriving at an inaccurate conclusion.
What is Texas Sharpshooter?
300
Until Mom started making it with turkey necks, I liked gravy. This sentence needs a comma because:
What is:
When a dependent clause comes first, you need a comma?
300
Until Mom started making it with turkey necks, I liked gravy. This is a:
What is a complex sentence?
300
The credibility or trustworthiness of the source.
- Example: "Noted Harvard professor John Smith says..."
What is Ethos?
400
What type of fallacy is shown?
What is Appeal to Authority?
400
What change should be made to the following sentence:
The Fall of the school year is full of both religious and secular holidays.
What is change Fall to fall
400
The projectile, a banana nut muffin, bounced off his head during the food fight. This sentence contains:
What is an appositive phrase?
500
What type of fallacy is shown below?
What is tu quoque?
500
Identify the error in capitalization in the sentence.
The principal added English IV to the list of required Junior classes.
What is change Junior to junior
500
In the following sentence, what type of pronoun is italicized:
George Washington chopped down a cherry tree. Then, he regretted it.
What is a third- person pronoun?
500
Which TWO rhetorical appeals could be seen in the following commercial?
What is logos and pathos?