Fallacy ofRelevanceUsing notenoughevidence tosupport theconclusion youare makingMy grandfathersmoked a pack ofcigarettes a dayfor 50 years and isstill alive. Smokingis not bad for youskipping to anirrelevant topicso they canavoid the topicat handProviding apurposelyoversimplifiedexample toundermine anopposingargumentAn analogycomparingtwo thingsthat are notcomparableswitching thefocus of theargument from thetopic to arguingagainst thecharacter of theother speaker-Billy went to NewYork City and met aperson that refusedto help him. Now hethinks all peoplefrom New York Cityare rude.Repeating the claimin order to use asevidence. Thisfallacy results in noevidence supportingthe claimPresenting twoextremearguments as ifthey are theonly twochoicesFallacy ofInsufficiencyHastygeneralizationFallacyofAccuracyEither/or(FalseDilemma)StrawmanMost vulnerable typeof evidence becauseit’s alwayssusceptible to thecharge that twothings are notcomparableFaultyanalogy“We can eithermake peace withenemy countriesor engage indestructivenuclear warfare”AdhominemRedHerringFallacy ofRelevanceUsing notenoughevidence tosupport theconclusion youare makingMy grandfathersmoked a pack ofcigarettes a dayfor 50 years and isstill alive. Smokingis not bad for youskipping to anirrelevant topicso they canavoid the topicat handProviding apurposelyoversimplifiedexample toundermine anopposingargumentAn analogycomparingtwo thingsthat are notcomparableswitching thefocus of theargument from thetopic to arguingagainst thecharacter of theother speaker-Billy went to NewYork City and met aperson that refusedto help him. Now hethinks all peoplefrom New York Cityare rude.Repeating the claimin order to use asevidence. Thisfallacy results in noevidence supportingthe claimPresenting twoextremearguments as ifthey are theonly twochoicesFallacy ofInsufficiencyHastygeneralizationFallacyofAccuracyEither/or(FalseDilemma)StrawmanMost vulnerable typeof evidence becauseit’s alwayssusceptible to thecharge that twothings are notcomparableFaultyanalogy“We can eithermake peace withenemy countriesor engage indestructivenuclear warfare”AdhominemRedHerring

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