Logical Fallacies and Student Answer
1.
Question :
(TCOs 2, 7 & 9) Determine which one of the rhetorical devices or fallacies covered so far in our course occurs in the passage below. In a court proceeding: "My client is a single parent and the sole provider for her six children. A guilty verdict will cause irreparable damage to her family. If she is sent to prison, her children will be deprived of the love and care they need from a mother. Please, for her children’s sake deliver a verdict of not guilty."
Student Answer:Scare tactics Common practice Argument from pity Wishful thinking Comments:
Question 2.
Question :
(TCOs 2, 7 & 9) Determine which one of the rhetorical devices or fallacies covered so far in our course occurs in the passage below. Candidate for political office: “We are all sane, rational people here. As sane, rational people, you can clearly see beyond the hype and hyperbole of my opponent. I am confident that intelligent people like you will see that my tax policy will do far more for our country than his ever could.”
Student Answer:Argument from outrage Nationalism Appeal to popularity Apple polishing Comments:
Question 3.
Question :
(TCOs 7 & 9) Which option best depicts the fallacy found in this passage: If cigarettes aren't bad for you, then how come it's so hard on your health to smoke?
Student Answer:Circumstantial ad hominem Genetic fallacy Begging the question Strawman Comments:
Question 4.
Question :
(TCOs 7 & 9) Select the option that best depicts the fallacy found in this passage: Just how much sex has to be in a movie before you call it pornographic? Seems to me the whole concept makes no sense.
Student Answer:
Line-drawing fallacy
Perfectionist fallacy
Strawman
Slippery slope
Question :
(TCOs 2, 7 & 9) Determine which one of the rhetorical devices or fallacies covered so far in our course occurs in the passage below. In a court proceeding: "My client is a single parent and the sole provider for her six children. A guilty verdict will cause irreparable damage to her family. If she is sent to prison, her children will be deprived of the love and care they need from a mother. Please, for her children’s sake deliver a verdict of not guilty."
Student Answer:Scare tactics Common practice Argument from pity Wishful thinking Comments:
Question 2.
Question :
(TCOs 2, 7 & 9) Determine which one of the rhetorical devices or fallacies covered so far in our course occurs in the passage below. Candidate for political office: “We are all sane, rational people here. As sane, rational people, you can clearly see beyond the hype and hyperbole of my opponent. I am confident that intelligent people like you will see that my tax policy will do far more for our country than his ever could.”
Student Answer:Argument from outrage Nationalism Appeal to popularity Apple polishing Comments:
Question 3.
Question :
(TCOs 7 & 9) Which option best depicts the fallacy found in this passage: If cigarettes aren't bad for you, then how come it's so hard on your health to smoke?
Student Answer:Circumstantial ad hominem Genetic fallacy Begging the question Strawman Comments:
Question 4.
Question :
(TCOs 7 & 9) Select the option that best depicts the fallacy found in this passage: Just how much sex has to be in a movie before you call it pornographic? Seems to me the whole concept makes no sense.
Student Answer:
Line-drawing fallacy
Perfectionist fallacy
Strawman
Slippery slope