AP Lang- Logical Fallacies
"the other lawyers make fun of me because my name is 'sue'"
ad hominem
attack opponent's character of personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument; attack the PERSON rather than the ARGUMENT
ad hominem
means "to the man"
ad hominem
obama & biden: "idiots, they come in pairs"
ad hominem
someone votes for a man just because of his good lucks and because he is well dressed
ad hominem
acupuncture has been used for centuries
appeal to tradition
the idea being that because something is old or we've been doing it forever it must be accurate or based on evidence; has ethos
appeal to tradition
everyone is going to the christmas formal this year
bandwagon
urging the audience to accept a position because a majority of people hold that opinion
bandwagon
what are the different types of logical fallacies?
bandwagon either/or fallacy or false dichotomy appeal to tradition hasty generalization non sequitur straw man ad hominem
your hands are only as clean as the towel used to dry them
either or/false dichotomy
assuming there are only 2 options when there are many
either/or; false dichotomy
unless colleges continue to offer need-based scholarships, no one who is poor will ever be able to attend
either/or; false dichotomy
"goal by beckham, body by milk" (got milk david beckham ad)
hasty generalization
drawing a conclusion when there is not sufficient evidence; isn't a matter of faulty reasoning, it is a matter of not a sufficient amount of evidence (could be true but not enough evidence)
hasty generalization
if the speed limit goes up, more people will die on the roads
hasty generalization
an error in reasoning
logical fallacy
snicker's commercial (want you to believe that after you eat a snicker's you become athletic)
non sequitur
drawn where there is no logical connection at all; not a faulty cause/effect it just ignores important facts and related issues
non sequitur fallacy
millions of americans own cars so let's end funding to public transportation
non-sequitur
study worksheet for more practice on identifying examples
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*couple fighting about clutter* "you just want to keep all your junk forever, which is just ridiculous."
straw man
a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position; exaggerates & distorts each other's point of view
straw man
t/f: ad hominem could also be positive
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why is it important to be able to identify logical fallacies?
to intelligently refute arguments and build effective arguments
