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Q1

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs.

Identify the logical fallacy demonstrated in each excerpt.

Excerpts

Driving to work instead of using public transportation is like not
eating everything on your plate. It wastes valuable resources.

Increasing our city's debt to improve our roads is better than
letting all our cars be destroyed because of all the pot holes.

Our current mayor has been in politics for over 25 years. It is time
that we have a younger mayor, so we can have fresh ideas to make our city better.

It is true that the city council did approve a tax for a new road
construction project. However, our city needs to attract more businesses to stabilize our economy.

A. False analogy

B. False dilemma

C. Ad hominem

D. Red herring

Q2

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which phrase uses the rhetorical device logos?

Declaration of Independence

by Thomas Jefferson (adapted excerpt)

““Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies;”” and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, ““all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States.”” To prove this, ““let facts be submitted to a candid world.”” He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose, obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, “”by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.””

Q3

Select the correct answer.

Which rhetorical appeal includes an appeal to logic?

A. rhetoric

B. ethos

C. pathos

D. logos

Q4

Select the correct answer.

Which example reflects ad hominem logical fallacy?

A. Spending time studying in the library every day after school is better than never cracking a book.

B. Investing in the stock market is like gambling in a casino. There’s no guarantee that you’ll profit.

C. Yes, the governor has made some mistakes during his term. Former governors made mistakes too. Making mistakes is only human, and it is a good practice to forgive people.

D. Students should protest against the principal’s policy on prom parties because he's too old to understand

Q5

Select the correct answer.

Why do authors use red herrings?

A. to support a broad conclusion based on a small amount of information

B. to represent the views of an opponent in a falsely negative way

C. to present readers with only two choices for handling a situation

D. to distract readers from a weak argument by turning them away from the original topic

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