Our school starts training students to speak French in the first grade, since speaking French distinguishes one as an exceptionally well-educated individual.
What is Snob Appeal?
100
Please give this young man another chance to become a good and law-abiding citizen. He is too young to be locked away in prison and separated from his family.
What is Appeal to Pity?
100
Safe and warm housing is a necessity for human life. The City of Harrisburg should provide housing for any citizen in need.
What is Irrelevant Thesis?
100
Why would anyone vote for Johnson? He is about as inspiring as a bowl of soggy cornflakes?
What is Ad Hominem Abusive?
100
Of course leprechauns exist. Can you prove they don't exist? Since you can't prove they don't exist you should stop criticizing me for my conviction that they do!
What is Appeal to Ignorance?
200
The movie has been a box-office smash and everyone loves it! We should go see it tonight!
What is Mob Appeal?
200
Artist: That painting is an important and influential piece of modern art.
Critic: That painting is crayon scribbled on a white canvas. There is nothing significant about that.
What is Straw Man Fallacy?
200
You cannot tell me that I should not smoke. You smoke a pack of cigarettes a day!
What is Tu Quoque?
200
You heard that argument for preventing illegal immigration on Fox News last night, didn't you? Why should we give your argument a hearing when it comes from that biased network?
What is Genetic Fallacy?
200
We must provide funds to prop up the banks immediately. If we do not act quickly, they may fail and bring the rest of the economy down with them.
What is Appeal to Fear?
300
They just don't build them like they used to.
What is Chronological Snobbery?
300
In an interview today, actress Julie Marshall stated that she believes that the national debt will be paid back over the next thirty years. Isn't that great news?
What is Appeal to Illegitimate Authority?
300
You can't boil water in the new fish tanks. They really are poorly designed.
What is Irrelevant Goals or Functions?
300
Of course James is in favor of hiring an assistant. It will sure make his job a lot easier.
What is Ad Hominem Circumstantial?
300
I'm not a poor student. I just don't study very hard, when I study at all.
What is Distinction Without a Difference?
400
Congress has not gotten anything done this year. Each one of those congressmen is lazy.
What is Fallacy of Division?
400
My neighbor has an Australian Shepherd that bit his son! Don't get one of those dogs-- they are vicious!
What is Hasty Generalization?
400
There are two types of people in the world: those who own a Mercedes-Benz and those who wish they did.
What is Bifurcation (False Dilemma)?
400
If you study for your SAT with the SAT Super Duper Prep Guide, your score could increase by 42.78%
What is Fake Precision?
400
I got the flu right after I ate at Tony's Pizza Shop last winter. They must not keep their restaurant clean.
What is False Cause?
500
If you eat too much candy, your teeth will decay. If you love someone too much the relationship will deteriorate. It is best not to love someone a lot, but only a little bit.
What is False Analogy?
500
A piece of paper is as light as a feather. I can carry a case of paper, no problem!
What is Fallacy of Composition?
500
Sarah is thinking of going to a different school that offers a nursing program. I think she should stay where she is -- things will be best for her just as they are.
What is Is-Ought Fallacy?
500
English majors are legendary for being lousy at math. Gordon is an English major, so he is not likely to do well in his algebra class.
What is Sweeping Generalization?
500
An argument that makes a linguistic distinction between two things that are actually not different from each other.