Question

Match the fallacy with its name.

1.Everyone knows that go-go boots are the hottest thing in fashion.
2.You can either call a maid service or live in filth.
3.The people who make biscuits would have you believe that eggs, butter, salt, and flour are the only things you need to have in your kitchen.
4.John enjoys sports; all boys enjoy sports.
Name options are:
1.Oversimplification, Hasty Generalization
2.Straw Man
3.Appeal to Authority
4.Bandwagon
5.Black or White Fallacy
6.Ad Hominem
7.Non-sequitur

Answer 1

1.Everyone knows that go-go boots are the hottest thing in fashion. 4.Bandwagon

2.You can either call a maid service or live in filth. 5.Black or White Fallacy

3.The people who make biscuits would have you believe that eggs, butter, salt, and flour are the only things you need to have in your kitchen. 3.Appeal to Authority

4.John enjoys sports; all boys enjoy sports. 1.Oversimplification, Hasty Generalization

Answer 2

1.Everyone knows that go-go boots are the hottest thing in fashion. Bandwagon is an argument that tries to convince you to do something because everyone else is doing it.

2.You can either call a maid service or live in filth. Black or White Fallacy is an argument that stresses that there are only two options—either you can have this or this… not both or anything else.

3.The people who make biscuits would have you believe that eggs, butter, salt, and flour are the only things you need to have in your kitchen. Appeal to Authority is an argument that tries to get you to believe in something just because a figure in a position of authority (or even a celebrity) has endorsed it when the authority may not even be knowledgeable on the subject.

4.John enjoys sports; all boys enjoy sports. Oversimplification; Hasty Generalization is an argument that generalizes something in a manner that suggest that just because one thing is a certain way, all similar things must be the same way.