Hastygeneralization“We can eithermake peace withenemy countriesor engage indestructivenuclear warfare”Providing apurposelyoversimplifiedexample toundermine anopposingargumentRedHerringFaultyanalogyFallacy ofRelevanceMost vulnerable typeof evidence becauseit’s alwayssusceptible to thecharge that twothings are notcomparableMy grandfathersmoked a pack ofcigarettes a dayfor 50 years and isstill alive. Smokingis not bad for youPresenting twoextremearguments as ifthey are theonly twochoicesAdhominemFallacy ofInsufficiency-Billy went to NewYork City and met aperson that refusedto help him. Now hethinks all peoplefrom New York Cityare rude.An analogycomparingtwo thingsthat are notcomparableEither/or(FalseDilemma)FallacyofAccuracyUsing notenoughevidence tosupport theconclusion youare makingRepeating the claimin order to use asevidence. Thisfallacy results in noevidence supportingthe claimStrawmanswitching thefocus of theargument from thetopic to arguingagainst thecharacter of theother speakerskipping to anirrelevant topicso they canavoid the topicat handHastygeneralization“We can eithermake peace withenemy countriesor engage indestructivenuclear warfare”Providing apurposelyoversimplifiedexample toundermine anopposingargumentRedHerringFaultyanalogyFallacy ofRelevanceMost vulnerable typeof evidence becauseit’s alwayssusceptible to thecharge that twothings are notcomparableMy grandfathersmoked a pack ofcigarettes a dayfor 50 years and isstill alive. Smokingis not bad for youPresenting twoextremearguments as ifthey are theonly twochoicesAdhominemFallacy ofInsufficiency-Billy went to NewYork City and met aperson that refusedto help him. Now hethinks all peoplefrom New York Cityare rude.An analogycomparingtwo thingsthat are notcomparableEither/or(FalseDilemma)FallacyofAccuracyUsing notenoughevidence tosupport theconclusion youare makingRepeating the claimin order to use asevidence. Thisfallacy results in noevidence supportingthe claimStrawmanswitching thefocus of theargument from thetopic to arguingagainst thecharacter of theother speakerskipping to anirrelevant topicso they canavoid the topicat hand

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