A series of six short animated videos teaching critical thinking skills. Each video is about 2 minutes. Comments area at the bottom of the page.

Students writing persuasive essays run the risk of using inaccurate or illogical reasoning. This site by Weber State University provides pointers to help eliminate this problem. Several dos's and don'ts are given, as are 14 common...

Test your knowledge of the ad hominem fallacy.

This lesson focuses on the ways appeals to ethos can be manipulative including lying about their credentials and employing a number of tricks or fallacies to lure you to their point of view.

Students read quotations from different "interest groups" or "lobbies" in this exercise and then perform a multiple-choice test to evaluate the credibility of each lobby group.

Short encyclopedia article from Wikipedia about the logical fallacy named false dilemma (also known as false dichotomy, either/or dilemma, or bifurcation). This is a rather brief discussion of the term, but a few examples are given.

A definition of Rhetoric along with links to additional information on logos, ethos, and pathos. Common Rhetorical Mistakes and an explanation of how rhetoric works are also provided.

This site from the Center for Media & Democracy provides a brief discussion of propaganda techniques followed by a lengthy list of various specific kinds of propaganda. Also includes "Recommended Books" and "External links" sections....

This is a summary of the academic argument learning objectives including constructing a debatable thesis statement, avoiding logical fallacies, building common ground with readers, and incorporating rebuttal and refutation.

Designed by a teacher, this extensive site covers definition, examples, quizzes and lesson plans for teachers.