Recommended Practice: Recognizing Fallacies Handout #1 - Answer Key

1) Appeal to Tradition   

2) Slippery Slope  

3) Weasel Word  

4) Vague Comparison and Hyperbole 

5) Bandwagon Argument  

6) Two Wrongs Make a Right 

7)  False Alternative 

8)  Poisoning the Well and Hyperbole 

9)  Poisoning the Well and Guilt by Association 

10) Questionable Cause  

11) Euphemism 

12) Appeal to Novelty 

13) Weasel Word   

14) Slippery Slope and Weasel Word  

15) Two Wrongs Make a Right   

16) Look Who's Talking  

17)  Hasty Generalization  

18)  Vague Comparison  

19)  Euphemism  

20) False Alternative 

21) Personal Attack       

22) Slippery Slope and Weasel Word and Fallacious Appeal to Emotion  

23) Appeal to Novelty  

24) Look Who's Talking   

25) Questionable Cause  

26) Appeal to Tradition 

27) Appeal to Novelty    

28) Appeal to Ignorance   

29) False Alternative 

30) None 

31) Overgeneral        

32) Weasel Word  

33) None  

34) Vague Comparison   

35) Two Wrongs Make a Right  

36) Appeal to Novelty 

37) Appeal to Tradition    

38) Bandwagon Argument    

39) Look Who's Talking 

40) Poisoning the Well and Attacking the Motive  

41) Appeal to Novelty        

42) Bandwagon Argument   

43) Hyperbole and Fallacious Appeal to Emotions   

44) Appeal to Tradition   

45) Two Wrongs Make a Right  

46) Hasty Generalization 

47) Appeal to Ignorance    

48) Questionable Cause    

49) Poisoning the Well and Hyperbole  

50) Slippery Slope