Matching Pairs Chapter 14 : Spot FallaciesOnline version Match the fallacies to the examples. by Ania Tureczek 1 Red Herring : Distracts the audience to make them forget the main issue. 2 Wrong Ending: The proof fails to lead to the conclusion 3 False Choice : The number of choices given is not the number of choices that actually exist. 4 Tautology : Repeating the argument as the conclusion. 5 False Comparison : Comparing one thing to another that is not really related. 6 Ignorance as Proof : Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. 7 Bad example: The example used is false, irrelevant, or misinterpreted. 6) Ex: “You may think that he cheated on the test, but look at the poor little thing! How would he feel if you made him sit through it again?” 1) Ex: Lemonade has significantly less sodium than the leading potato chip. 4) Ex. Saying “you can trust our candidate because he is an innocent man" 3) Ex. A doctor cannot tell someone they are in perfect health because there could be something they didn’t test for yet. 7) Ex: The sun rises after a rooster crows, therefore the sun rises because of the rooster's crowing 2) Ex. Hiring someone from Yale and they do well, then irrationally hiring another person from Yale 5) Ex. A lawyer may try to sue a motorcycle helmet company because his client got into an accident while speeding, drinking, and texting but only reduce the accident to one cause; the malfunctioning helmet
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