An unsound argument that appears at first to be reasonable: What do you call this kind of fraudulent argument?
What is a fallacy?
100
"We beat that school by thirty points in basketball. They must not have a very good athletics program."
What is a hasty generalization/conclusion?
100
These are the basic terms of the argument.
What are the premises?
100
A ___________ relationship is one that is about how one thing has an effect on another.
What is causal?
100
This is what a group of lions is called.
What is a pride?
200
Do you really want a computer that is named after a fruit? Buy a computer you'll use, not eat.
This is an example of what kind of fallacy?
What is an ad hominem attack?
200
First A, then B, and before you know it, Z!
Name that fallacy.
What is the slippery slope fallacy?
200
An argument must have breadth, depth, logic, as well as ____________, ____________ and precision.
What are clarity and accuracy?
200
This kind of visual display of information shows how groups have overlapping common members and members who are separate from other groups.
What is a Venn diagram?
200
A toddler is to an infant as
a teenager is to a child.
What kind of structured comparison is this?
What is an analogy?
300
"I believe your facts on global climate change are incorrect. According to the Pew Research Group, the average temperature increase for the past three years is 1 degree more each year."
"Oh, yeah? Well, you think you can waltz in here with your fancy college degrees and just flounce around with your oh-so-Ivy-League accent and expect everyone to just fall all over you! But how can anyone take a person seriously who wears shoes like that!"
Name that fallacy.
What is an ad hominem attack.
300
"Perhaps all the children should be required to read a book over spring break."
"That's cruel and inhuman -- loading up kids with tons of homework so they will be laboring in exhaustion over the break, returning to school hollow-eyed and beaten down."
This argument distorts the opponent's argument in order to present it as a weaker and less persuasive argument.
What is a straw man fallacy?
300
The most effect arguments have elements of logos, ethos, and ________.
What is pathos?
300
This kind of reasoning is a "closed system" and does not include the variables of everyday life.
What is deductive reasoning?
300
When one calls a toilet a "powder room" you are employing this kind of term that softens or makes more polite an unpleasant reality.
What is a euphemism?
400
This kind of fallacy occurs when someone believes he/she has had such bad luck that surely his/her luck is about to change.
What is the Gambler's Fallacy?
400
All the kids who eat breakfast get As in math. Therefore, breakfast eating must result in higher math ability.
What is false cause (or post hoc)?
400
In a _________ argument, if the premises are true, the conclusion will be true.
What is valid?
400
For an argument to be valid, it needs to have clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, as well as _________ (different viewpoints) and _____________ (delving beyond superficial surfaces).
What are breadth and depth?
400
You can either study hard in French or you can just stay home and go to hairdresser school. Those are your choices. This is an example of what kind of fallacy?
What is a false dichotomy or false dilemma?
500
Children who played piano from the ages of 5 through 10 get better grades than those who had no music lessons.
Name that fallacy.
What is post hoc?
500
"I believe that the time has come for the school schedule to be limited to 3pm so that kids are rested and have enough time for after-school activities."
"You make a good point. Exhaustion and sleep are major issues among families these days. Did you know that only 30% of children get the levels of sleep their growing bodies require? If more kids got at least 8 hours of sleep, there would be far fewer learning issues and health concerns among young people."
What is a red herring argument?
500
Many humans do not have red hair.
Dr. Herringbone has red hair.
Therefore, Dr. Herringbone is not a human.
When an argument's premises are true but the conclusion is not, this argument is considered __________.
What is invalid?
500
Every morf is a slitherin.
Dr. Pettigrew is a morf.
Therefore, Dr. Pettigrew is a slitherin.
What is a syllogism?
500
The premises of this kind of argument are the same as the conclusion. Here is an argument. What kind of fallacy does it use?
Why do I think being a vegetarian is best? Because there really is no better lifestyle than a vegetarian's lifestyle. We eat many vegetables and that's why being a vegetarian is best.
What is begging the question or circular reasoning?