Informal Fallacies

Question 1

Play upon the need of the person for security and belongingness

Answer 1

Appeal to popularity

Question 2

Involving a threat to the listener

Answer 2

Appeal to force

Question 3

Aims to evoke pity or mercy from the listener

Answer 3

Appeal to pity

Question 4

Involving a verbal attack of character

Answer 4

Argument against the person

Question 5

Draws listener or reader off track

Answer 5

Red Herring

Question 6

Distorts the opponent’s position

Answer 6

Strawman Fallacy

Question 7

Provides validity of the conclusion

Answer 7

Begging to questions

Question 8

Attempts to trap by asking a loaded question

Answer 8

Complex question

Question 9

Depends on minor causal relations or succession of events

Answer 9

False cause

Question 10

Chain of events not likely to occur

Answer 10

Slippery slope

Question 11

This attribute is improperly transferred

Answer 11

Fallacy of division

Question 12

Specific example or instantiation

Answer 12

Hasty generalization

Question 13

Involving a word used in different senses

Answer 13

Fallacy of equivocation

Question 14

Involve an analogy that is inapplicable or irrelevant to the subject

Answer 14

Weak analogy

Question 15

Nobody has proven X is true

Answer 15

Argumentum and ignoration

Question 16

Misleads the listener by limiting the options into two

Answer 16

False dilemma

Question 17

Cites an unqualified authority

Answer 17

Appeal to false authority