Give your own, original examples for the following ten fallacies, plus two additional fallacies of your own choice (for a total of 12): 1) Begging the Question 2) Ad Hominem 3) Equivocation 4) Slippery Slope 5) Straw Man 6) Tu Quoque 7) Non-sequitur 8) False Dichotomy 9) Argument from ignorance 10) Red Herring

Begging the Question

  • God is real because the bible says so and God wrote the bible so it has to be true.

Ad Hominem

  • Elizabeth Warren has no idea what she is talking about when it comes to the impeachment because she is a woman.

Equivocation

  • All trees are covered in bark. Every dog has a different bark. Therefore, every dog is a tree.

Slippery Slope

  • If we allow the President to make decisions to attack other countries without consulting anyone, what’s next? He’s going to start an all out war.

Straw Man

  • Those who are pro choice are allowing women to murder their own babies.

Tu Quoque

  • You’re telling me not to smoke weed? Look at you with your pain pills and beer.

Non-Sequitur

  • Cancer has been around since before cigarettes were invented so smoking can’t cause cancer.

False Dichotomy

  • It’s 3pm and you haven’t showered yet today? You must be a dirty person.

Argument from Ignorance

  • No one has ever told me Santa isn’t real so he must be real.

Red Herring

  • My little brother got caught sneaking out. When confronted by my dad, he starts talking about how unfair it is that his curfew is only 9pm.

Bandwagon

  • Telling someone that a song is good because it has so many views on Youtube.

Anecdotal Evidence

  • I started highlighting my notes and I started getting high scores on my test. Therefore, if I highlight my notes I will always get high scores on my tests.

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