Spotting Logical Fallacies in Competing Arguments

Questions

1. MultiChoice

   Text A argues for renewable energy. Text B responds: 'My opponent wants to destroy our economy and leave us in the dark!' Which fallacy does Text B commit?

2. MultiChoice

   Text 1 states: 'We must build a new library, or our children will become completely illiterate.' What logical fallacy is present here?

3. MultiChoice

   Text A claims: 'Dr. Smith's study on nutrition is wrong because he is a rude person.' What fallacy does Text A use?

4. MultiChoice

   Text 1: 'Everyone is buying this brand of shoes, so they must be the best quality.' What fallacy is illustrated?

5. MultiChoice

   Text A states: 'If we allow students to use calculators in 6th grade, nobody will ever learn math again, and society will collapse.' Which fallacy is this?

6. MultiChoice

   Text 1 claims: 'This law is good because it is beneficial.' Why is this considered Circular Reasoning?

7. MultiChoice

   In a debate on city curfew, Text A argues that curfew lowers crime. Text B points out that crime fell before the curfew began. What logical error does Text B expose in Text A?

8. MultiChoice

   Text A: 'I ate a berry in the forest and got sick, so all berries in nature are poisonous.' What fallacy is committed?

9. MultiChoice

   Text 1 argues for upgrading school computers. Text 2 replies: 'Why care about computers when our school cafeteria serves bad food?' What fallacy is Text 2 using?

10. MultiChoice

    Why does identifying a logical fallacy in a text weaken the author's argument?

11. MultiChoice

    Text A states: 'A famous movie star says this vitamin cures colds, so it must work.' What fallacy is present?

12. MultiChoice

    Text 1 claims school starts too early. Text 2 claims students just need to go to sleep earlier. How does evaluating fallacies help compare these claims?