Matching Pairs Logical Fallacy Matching GameOnline version Match the Logical Fallacy Terms on the left with their matching example on the right. by Arizona Bar Foundation 1 ANECDOTAL Using your own personal experience or an isolated incident to validate an argument. 2 AD HOMOMIEN Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself. 3 BANDWAGON Appealing to popularity of the fact that a lot of people do something to validate the argument 4 SLIPPERY SLOPE Claiming that a single event will inevitably give rise to a chain of future events. 5 LOADED QUESTION Asking a question that contains an assumption, and that forces the person to accept the assumption by answering the question and appearing guilty. Soda is healthy because 9 out of 10 parents give their kids soda to drink. John: I think schools should start later to allow kids to have more rest. Ann: How long have you been ditching your morning classes? If I let you go home early, then everyone will want to go home early and then all the students will fail this class. You can’t trust her judgment. She wears shorts and flip flops when it rains. I only sleep 5 hours a night and I feel great. So students only need 5 hours of sleep to be able to do well at school.
