“We can eithermake peace withenemy countriesor engage indestructivenuclear warfare”Fallacy ofInsufficiencyAn analogycomparingtwo thingsthat are notcomparableFallacy ofRelevanceProviding apurposelyoversimplifiedexample toundermine anopposingargumentStrawmanMy grandfathersmoked a pack ofcigarettes a dayfor 50 years and isstill alive. Smokingis not bad for you-Billy went to NewYork City and met aperson that refusedto help him. Now hethinks all peoplefrom New York Cityare rude.RedHerringEither/or(FalseDilemma)skipping to anirrelevant topicso they canavoid the topicat handFaultyanalogyRepeating the claimin order to use asevidence. Thisfallacy results in noevidence supportingthe claimswitching thefocus of theargument from thetopic to arguingagainst thecharacter of theother speakerFallacyofAccuracyAdhominemPresenting twoextremearguments as ifthey are theonly twochoicesMost vulnerable typeof evidence becauseit’s alwayssusceptible to thecharge that twothings are notcomparableUsing notenoughevidence tosupport theconclusion youare makingHastygeneralization“We can eithermake peace withenemy countriesor engage indestructivenuclear warfare”Fallacy ofInsufficiencyAn analogycomparingtwo thingsthat are notcomparableFallacy ofRelevanceProviding apurposelyoversimplifiedexample toundermine anopposingargumentStrawmanMy grandfathersmoked a pack ofcigarettes a dayfor 50 years and isstill alive. Smokingis not bad for you-Billy went to NewYork City and met aperson that refusedto help him. Now hethinks all peoplefrom New York Cityare rude.RedHerringEither/or(FalseDilemma)skipping to anirrelevant topicso they canavoid the topicat handFaultyanalogyRepeating the claimin order to use asevidence. Thisfallacy results in noevidence supportingthe claimswitching thefocus of theargument from thetopic to arguingagainst thecharacter of theother speakerFallacyofAccuracyAdhominemPresenting twoextremearguments as ifthey are theonly twochoicesMost vulnerable typeof evidence becauseit’s alwayssusceptible to thecharge that twothings are notcomparableUsing notenoughevidence tosupport theconclusion youare makingHastygeneralization

Fallacies Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. “We can either make peace with enemy countries or engage in destructive nuclear warfare”
  2. Fallacy of Insufficiency
  3. An analogy comparing two things that are not comparable
  4. Fallacy of Relevance
  5. Providing a purposely oversimplified example to undermine an opposing argument
  6. Straw man
  7. My grandfather smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 50 years and is still alive. Smoking is not bad for you
  8. -Billy went to New York City and met a person that refused to help him. Now he thinks all people from New York City are rude.
  9. Red Herring
  10. Either/or (False Dilemma)
  11. skipping to an irrelevant topic so they can avoid the topic at hand
  12. Faulty analogy
  13. Repeating the claim in order to use as evidence. This fallacy results in no evidence supporting the claim
  14. switching the focus of the argument from the topic to arguing against the character of the other speaker
  15. Fallacy of Accuracy
  16. Ad hominem
  17. Presenting two extreme arguments as if they are the only two choices
  18. Most vulnerable type of evidence because it’s always susceptible to the charge that two things are not comparable
  19. Using not enough evidence to support the conclusion you are making
  20. Hasty generalization