Logical Fallacies

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

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.

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

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

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

“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.”

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