FALLACY

- a mistaken belief, especially one

based on an unsound argument
FAULTY LOGIC

UNSUPPORTED FACTS

EMOTIONAL APPEAL
Identify if the situation contains faulty logic, unsupported
facts, or emotional appeal.

1. A student fails his exams

because he’s not the
teacher’s favorite.

FAULTY LOGIC
Identify if the situation contains faulty logic, unsupported
facts, or emotional appeal.

2. Among all grade levels,

Grade 9 students are the
kindest.

UNSUPPORTED
FACTS
Identify if the situation contains faulty logic, unsupported
facts, or emotional appeal.

3. “It’s Saturday, so, I was not

able to finish my assignment.”

FAULTY LOGIC
Identify if the situation contains faulty logic, unsupported
facts, or emotional appeal.

4. “I rejected all my suitors

only for you. But here you are,
breaking my heart into pieces.
Go on. Leave.”
EMOTIONAL
APPEAL
Identify if the situation contains faulty logic, unsupported
facts, or emotional appeal.

5. Chocolate is the best ice

cream flavor.

UNSUPPORTED
FACTS
Identify if the situation contains faulty logic, unsupported
facts, or emotional appeal.

6. When I was a kid, my mom always told

me scary stories about the queen of the
head lice to convince me to have my hair
cut short.

EMOTIONAL
APPEAL
 FALLACY
FAULTY LOGIC
- a kind of persuasive technique used when
making statements with imperfect reasoning
or in the absence of sound judgment
Example:

A student fails his exams because he’s not the

teacher’s favorite.

(There are other reasons why a student fails.)

 FALLACY
UNSUPPORTED FACTS
- not upheld by evidence or facts making the
claim unsubstantiated or unconfirmed
Example:

Among all grade levels, Grade 9 students are

the kindest.

(There is no evidence given to prove that the

Grade 9 students are the kindest level.)
 FALLACY
EMOTIONAL APPEAL
- a method of persuasion appealing to both
the brain and the heart, primarily tending to
obtain an emotional reaction.
Example:

“I rejected all my suitors only for you. But here you

are, breaking my heart into pieces. Go on. Leave.”

(There is emotional manipulation.)

Identify if the situation contains faulty logic, unsupported
facts, or emotional appeal.
1. A student fails his exams because he’s not the
FL
teacher’s favorite.
2. Among all grade levels, Grade 9 students are the
UF
kindest.
FL 3. “It’s Saturday, so, I was not able to finish my
assignment.”
EA 4. “I rejected all my suitors only for you. But here you
are, breaking my heart into pieces. Go on. Leave.”
UF
5. Chocolate is the best ice cream flavor.
EA 6. When I was a kid, my mom always told me scary
stories about the queen of the head lice to convince
me to have my hair cut short.