Fallacies of Audience
This guy can’t possibly be the mayor of our town; he’s got terrible teeth.
Abusive Ad Hominem
It is raining because water is falling from the sky.
Begging the Question
First they ask us to put our phones away for the school day. Next they'll say we need to use only flip phones. Finally we'll be forced to throw away our computers, too!
Slippery Slope
Appeal to Emotions
I think that Thoreau's reflections on government are correct because everyone else in my class says that they are correct.
Ad Populum
Your argument that I should be financially responsible is wrong because you max out your credit card every month.
Tu Quo Que
Bigfoot is real because Megan Fox says so.
Appeal to Authority
I have noticed some problems with your plan. We need to make a new plan or just give up entirely.
Bifurcation
You shouldn't listen to this dangerous radical's ideas.
Question-Begging Epithet
The Loch Ness monster must exist because people have been unable to prove that she doesn't exist.
Appeal to Ignorance
I can’t believe we have to turn in attendance cards each week. Isn’t that what that cult down the street does to its members?
Guilt by Association
Paranormal activity is real because I have experienced what can only be described as paranormal activity.
Begging the Question
Every time I write with a black pen, I get an A on my LP quiz. This black pen must be the reason I am getting good grades!
False Cause
Yes, teacher, I think that lying is wrong, but she is my daughter, and she is normally such a good kid!
Special Pleading
She shouldn’t have stopped for coffee on the way to work. If she hadn’t stopped, she wouldn’t have had a fender bender.
False Cause
Thousands of moms can’t be wrong: Tide is the choice of America.
Ad Populum
Buddy Burger has the greatest food in town. Buddy Burger was voted #1 by the local paper. Therefore, Phil, the owner of Buddy Burger, should run for president of the United States.
Non Sequitur
Reading makes you smart, so I am going to read every comment section on Tik Tok.
Sweeping Generalization
Did the pollution that you caused increase or decrease your profits?
Complex Question
Person A: "We should invest more money in education and increase public school funding."
Person B: "Why should we throw unlimited amounts of money at schools? You're going to bankrupt the entire country!"
Straw Man
The Argumentation teachers gave us the date for another quiz. They must want us to study vocabulary and fallacies all the time without taking any time to relax or live a little like a human.
Straw Man
The senator claimed that he must be a Communist because “there is nothing in his files to disprove his Communist connections.”
Appeal to Ignorance
Democrats commonly vote in favor of gun control. Joaquin is a Democrat, so he must not like guns either.
Hasty Generalization
News Headline: "Paramedics help dog bite victim."
I can't believe that paramedics are letting dogs do this to people when they should be healing them!
Amphiboly
I believe one should never deliberately hurt another person which is why I can never be a surgeon.
Sweeping Generalization