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We aren’t cutting teacher planning time; we’re redefining professional flexibility intervals to enhance productivity

Equivocation/ Doublespeak

The school isn’t canceling the field trip; it’s transitioning the experience to a campus-based enrichment opportunity

Equivocation/ Doublespeak

Yesterday I saw a senior cut in line. Seniors think they can do whatever they want.

Hasty Generalization

Don’t listen to her ideas about recycling—she never even takes the trash out at home

Ad hominem

We’re not firing teachers; we’re simply transitioning staff into opportunity-based positions outside the district.

Equivocation/ Doublespeak

Either you come to football games or you have no school spirit and you're not a true Wildcat.

False Dichotomy

You have to support the Trunk or Treat—think of the sadness on kids’ faces if we don’t do it.”

emotional appeal

She said we should assign less weekend homework, so clearly she wants students to be completely unprepared for college.

Straw Man

All the seniors are signing up for College Comp. If you don't, you'll be left behind.

Bandwagon

“Don’t trust his argument about healthier lunches—he eats fast food every day.”

Ad Hominem

Sara and Elena are rude. They are in Key Club. Key Club is nothing but rude people.

Hasty Generalization

“If we let students listen to music in class once, next they’ll refuse to do any work, then teachers will lose control, and the whole school will collapse.”

Slippery Slope

“Either you support this new school policy, or you obviously don’t care about education at all.”

False Analogy

When to things are unalike, but are being compared based on a trivial similarity.

False analogy

Getting people to do or think something because “everyone else is doing it” or “everything else thinks this.”

bandwagon

Everyone is going to get the new smart phone when it comes out this weekend. Why aren’t you? This argument uses which fallacy?

bandwagon appeal

“Can I have the last piece of cake? You know how much I love it, and it's been a tough day for me. I've had such a bad day, and this cake would just make me feel so much better.

appeal to emotion

When someone attempts to convince another person by evoking their feelings rather than providing evidence this is called

appeal to emotion

I thought you were a good person, but you don't go to my church, so I guess not. This is called...

either/ or false dichotomy black and white

This is why a woman shouldn't do a man's job.

Ad hominem

“It's hard to take your claims seriously because you spend your days playing video games.” This is...

ad hominem

When someone attack's a person's character instead of engaging with their argument this is called...

ad hominem attack

Person A: I think our company should allow employees to work from home a few days a week for a better work-life balance. Person B: So, are you really saying that people should hardly come to the office and always work in their pajamas?

straw man

Animal experimentation reduces our respect for life. Soon our society will become a battlefield in which everyone constantly fears for their lives. This kind of thinking, which is based on extreme examples leading to a chain of events, is

slippery slope

When you believe that one small step will automatically lead to a chain of events leading to a specific event, the mistake in your thinking is called...

slippery slope

My 9th, 10th, and 11th grade English teachers all wore glasses. Therefore, I conclude that ALL English teachers wear glasses. This is called...

a hasty generalization.

When someone makes a sweeping statement without considering all of the facts it is called

a hasty generalization

Name the fallacy: The wind is invisible because you can't see it. You can't see it because it's invisible.

circular reasoning

Name the fallacy: People forget how dangerous driving can be. We are all racing around in cars every day. But, because we are all doing it, we forget how dangerous it is.

circular reasonning