Logical Fallacies
Point of View
Point of View 2
Writing
Narrative
100

What is a mistake in reasoning called? 

What is logical fallacies

100

What is the perspective in which a story is told called? 

point of view

100

What does omniscient mean?

What is all-knowing

100

What is the main point around what an informational text is written?

What is the central idea

100

What is the act or process of creating a character?

What is characterization

200

Which logical fallacy is based on a personal attack?

1) ad hominem

2) ad populum

3) red herring

4) straw man 

What is ad hominem

200

 What are the 3 ways in which the narration of a story can be told? 

1) First    2)Second   and 3)Third

200

Which narration is told from the reader's point of view?

What is second person

200

What must a text have to be considered an informational text? 

What is evidence that supports the central idea

200

What is it when the author directly states the traits or what the character is like? 

What is direct characterization

300

Which logical fallacy is based on the idea that if many people believe something, it must be true? 

1) ad hominem

2) ad populum

3) red herring

4) straw man 

What is ad populum

300

Which narration is told from the perspective of a total outsider?

What is 3rd person objective
300

Which narration is used in the following passage?


  • The whole softball team was already on the bus when Max arrived. She was embarrassed and being late, she couldn’t find a seat. “Oh great,” she thought to herself. “Now everyone is going to know what a loser I am.”

What is 3rd person limited

300

What is another word for an educated guess?

What is inference

300

What is it when the reader must infer what the character is like through the character’s thoughts, actions, words, and interaction with other characters including other character’s reactions? 

What is indirect characterization?

400

Which logical fallacy references something to distract people from the issue at hand? 

1) ad hominem

2) ad populum

3) red herring

4) straw man 

What is red herring

400

What type of narration is used in the following passage?

You always wanted to win the lottery, but you never thought it would really happen!

What is second person narrartion

400

Which type of narrative is used in the following passage?

  • Samuel took out a knife and the peanut butter. He spread the cream all over a piece of bread on the counter. There was no one else around.

What is third person objective

400

What is it called when you condense the central idea and details of a passage into a few sentences

What is summarizing

400

What is a conflict that occurs within yourself called?

What is internal conflict

500

Which logical fallacy oversimplifies an opposing position to make it seem less credible?

1) ad hominem

2) ad populum

3) red herring

4) straw man 

What is straw man?

500

What is the narration of the following passage?

  • On my way to the grocery store, I saw a lone glove lying in the snowbank. Wondering if it belonged to someone nearby, I picked it up and put it in my pocket.
What is first person narration
500

What type of narration is used in the following passage?


  • Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again. (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813)

What is 3rd person omniscient 

500

What is the 5Ws and one H strategy that can be used to support the central idea of an informational text?

Who and What 

Where and When 

How 

500

What is a conflict that occurs with an outside force called? 

What is external conflict?