Coralie Casimir
A.P English
Mr. George
October 6, 2009
Fallacy Examples


1. Hasty Generalization: Every student loves math class.

2. Stereotype: Black people are always late.

3. Cause and Effect: Mary run five miles then her father died of a heart attack.

4. Only Cause: All students will be able to pass all their courses with more homework.

5. False Analogy: Like every serial killer, doctors are in the business of killing people.

6. Attacking the Person: Well Jessica has an F in math class so she can not be saying anything that is relevant.

7. Either-Or Fallacy: If everyone does not come in dress code school will be canceled for the day.

8. Non-sequitur: The horse is small, so it is ugly. Due to this fact horse show is canceled

9. Circular Reasoning: Mary has good grade. Mary is tall. Mary should win the talent show.

10. Begging the Question: It is unanimous everyone like Joe.