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LOGICAL FALLACIES ARE parts of a seemingly reasonable argument that, upon close,
inspection, turn out to be erroneous or deceptive
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Circle the sentence where the animal’s thinking went wrong
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His thinking went wrong when he compared himself to an old
TV show
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The animal is thinking that he is a cat just because he has four legs
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His thinking
went wrong when he compared himself to a cat, and not thinking about
the other differences
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 Focuses 
argument on person rather 
that arguments or evidence
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  Mine is also hard
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Teacher Example

There was a fight at 
school today
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Andrea Dworkin has 
written several books 
arguing that rap music 
lyrics are demeaning to 
women
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Red Herring

raising a side issue that 
distracts the audience from 
what is at stake
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Appeal to False Trying to get readers to 
Authority
agree with us simply by 
impressing them with a 
famous name or by 
appealing to a supposed 
authority who isn't really 
much of an expert
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 While i was 
trying to put to the fire 
my sister broke her leg 
slipping on my 
The student uses red herring in 
his response
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my homework because 
it was ripped to shreds
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 The 
student in response says, “I know 
I’ve made a mistake
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 They’re going to kill 
me”
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False
Dichotomy
False Either/or
False Dilemma

False Cause
and Effect

The arguer sets up a 
situation so it looks like 
there are only two choices
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Either you give food to 
starving children in 
Africa or stay at home 
and watch TV
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 number of pirates 
horse will run on a field
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Assuming that because 
B comes after A, A 
caused B
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Term

Definition

 

 

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 If you do, they’ll 
walk all over you
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 This assumes 
that the more popular 
the idea, the more valid 
it must be
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Television is like a drug
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 Both 
can damage your life
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If we ban cigarettes 
because they are bad 
for the environment 
eventually the 
government will ban 
all electronics
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Asserting that if we allow A 
to happen, then eventually 
Z will happen
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School is like a prison
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 They both have 
rules you need to 
follow
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Weak Analogy/
Careless
Comparison

Many arguments rely on an 
analogy between two or more 
objects, ideas, or situations
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Closure: 3­ 2­1 
 
3 things that you learned from today's lesson
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How to detect different Logical 
Fallacies
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2 study tips you can give to your classmates about learning new information
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information
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The reason we should know about Logical Fallacies because they could come up in arguments, now or later in 
life, and you will be able to know how to detect them, and know how to give a better argument based on the 
logical fallacy the other person is using

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