Logical Fallacies

Question 1

Bandwagon Appeal

Answer 1

Taps into people’s desire to be like the group or to belong

Question 2

Red Herring

Answer 2

This argument acoids the key issue by introducing another issue as a diversion.

Question 3

Straw Man

Answer 3

Creates a “straw man” by exaggerating, overstating, or over-simplifying an opposing point of view

Question 4

Slippery Slope

Answer 4

Based on the idea that if a first step is taken then a second and third step will follow inevitably, until a disaster occurs

Question 5

Glittering Generalities

Answer 5

Uses “glad words” that sound important but actually have little or no real meaning

Question 6

Begging the Question

Answer 6

Assumes as evidence the very conclusion it is trying to prove

Question 7

Ad Hominem

Answer 7

This argument is an attack on a person’s character instead of on the person’s idea or opinions

Question 8

Hasty Generalization/Jumping to Conclusions

Answer 8

Bases its conclusion on too few samples to prove the point

Question 9

Either/Or

Answer 9

Falsely reduces an argument to towo oversimplified alternatives