Logical Fallacies
A false or misleading argument
What is a fallacy?
A fallacy where one event leads to a series of events, resulting in an unpleasant consequence.
What is a Slippery Slope?
I wrote this play.
Who is William Shakespeare?
_________ is a preference of liking or disliking something.
What is Bias?
I initially published this Proposal anonymously.
Who is Jonathan Swift?
This is used when trying to appeal to emotion instead of logic and facts.
What is an Appeal to Pity?
This fallacy polarizes people by presenting them with only two options.
What is a false dilemma?
What is Either/Or?
When the witches predict that Macbeth will become King, this is an example of this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
The author uses this fallacy when describing what happens to someone when they get a concussion (feeling 'weird', splotchy vision, falling to the floor, vomiting, coma, death)
What is a Slippery Slope?
According to the author, this ridiculous solution would address the overpopulation, poverty, and famine in Ireland.
What is eating babies?
Attacking the person instead of their argument, this fallacy literally translates to "To the Person".
What is an Ad Hominem?
The apples at the top look fine, therefore all the apples in the bin are fine. This in an example of ___________.
What is a Hasty Generalization?
What is Jumping to Conclusions?
What is unique about Macduff?
He was born via C-Section.
(Not born of woman)
Anticipating a ridiculous question the audience will have and attacking that question is a ____________ fallacy.
What is a Straw Man Fallacy?
The problem the author is addressing in his proposal.
(What, Where, When)
What is poverty in Ireland in 1729?
A fallacy in which the author makes a conclusion based on a lack of evidence.
For example, you can't prove aliens aren't real, so therefore aliens are real!
What is an Appeal to Ignorance?
I have bad luck now because I broke a mirror 2 years ago. This is an example of ___________.
What is a Post Hoc Fallacy?
(Post Hoc Propter Hoc)
Macbeth wants to kill Banquo for this reason.
Why Banquo's sons will become kings?
The author uses his own personal experiences as evidence that football players are poor students. This is an example of (a) ________________.
What is an anecdote?
What is anecdotal evidence?
This is why the author believes he is not biased in his Proposal.
Why are his children too old?
Example of __________ fallacy: In the United States, one can vote for either Democrats or Republicans.
What is a false dilemma/false dichotomy/either-or fallacy?
Example of __________ fallacy: We should have conscription. People don't want to enter the military because they find it an inconvenience. But they should realize that there are more important things than convenience.
What is a Straw Man Fallacy?
Queen Elizabeth, the English monarch of Shakespeare's time, is a descendant of this person.
Who is Banquo?
Who is Fleance?
This is the specific target audience for the author's argument.
Who are parents of high school athletes?
In this paragraph #, the author gives his actual solutions to the problem.
What is paragraph 20?