Ad Hominem Attack Question Pack: Critical Thinking, Comic, Comprehension
Ad Hominem Attack Question Pack: Critical Thinking, Comic, Comprehension
Ad Hominem Attack Question Pack: Critical Thinking, Comic, Comprehension
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Description
He documented the Soviet Gulag with evidence from over 200 survivors. The Soviet government's response was not to argue with any of it.
The Ad Hominem Attack is when someone responds to an argument by attacking the person making it rather than dealing with what they actually said. It doesn't disprove anything. The argument is still there, sitting unanswered. But if it works, nobody notices.
You hear it everywhere: "Your idea is stupid and so are you." "Why would I take advice from someone like that?" "Of course he'd say that - he's just bitter." None of those are responses to the argument. They're attempts to make you forget there was one.
This free expansion pack teaches you to ask "what's actually wrong with it?" - through a true historical story, real-life examples, and activities that feel nothing like homework. It's the companion to the full Ad Hominem Attack Activity Pack and a free preview of the upcoming book, 24 Fallacies and the Historical Disasters That Followed.
⭐ Rated 5.0 by people who now win arguments
THE STORY INSIDE
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian writer who had survived the Soviet Gulag - a vast network of forced labour camps where the Soviet government sent people it considered enemies. Millions were sent. Many died there.
In 1973, Solzhenitsyn published *The Gulag Archipelago* - a detailed account of the labour camps built from his own experience and interviews with over 200 survivors. The evidence was overwhelming.
The Soviet government's response was not to argue with any of it. They called Solzhenitsyn mentally unstable, a liar, a troublemaker, and a traitor. He was arrested and expelled from the country in 1974. Some media in the West - in the US and UK - joined in, calling him an extremist and a Cold War propaganda tool. They didn't engage with his evidence. They just attacked him.
History proved Solzhenitsyn right. The camps were real. The deaths were real. The attacks on the man were a way of avoiding the truth for as long as possible.
The pack closes with the one question that exposes an Ad Hominem Attack every time: "What's actually wrong with it?" Because attacking the person who made the argument is not the same as answering it.
WHAT'S INSIDE
📖 Illustrated True Story - how the Soviet government silenced Alexander Solzhenitsyn's evidence about the Gulag by attacking the man instead of his argument
🔍 Real-Life Examples - spot the Ad Hominem Attack in advertising, social media, news, and everyday conversation
✏️ Activities - written questions, Going Deeper analysis, Spot it in the Wild, graphic organiser, and Draw Your Own Comic Strip
📋 Answer Sheet - for whoever's playing referee
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
Most fallacy resources are a definition on a slide and a matching worksheet. This pack shows the fallacy destroy lives in a true story, makes you recognise it in your own conversations, then sends you hunting for it in the wild. That's how it sticks.
WHO IT'S FOR
→ Anyone 11+ who's sick of losing arguments they were right about
→ The smartest person you know - this is their gift (see also: the other 23)
→ Homeschool families and teachers who want critical thinking that doesn't feel like a chore - yes, it works in classrooms too
WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE
Free digital download. Includes A4 and US Letter sizes at 300 dpi - print as a booklet or as individual pages. Arrives in your email.
COLLECT THE FULL SET
This is one of 24 free expansion packs - one for every logical fallacy in the series. Each has a matching full activity pack with an illustrated comic, true history story, and more activities. Find the full series at duchessandbruno.com.
Coming soon: 24 Fallacies and the Historical Disasters That Followed - the book behind the series.
FOR THE TEACHERS
Aligns with ACARA Critical and Creative Thinking, UK National Curriculum English/Citizenship, and US Common Core ELA (Grades 6+). We promise the students will never know it's curriculum-aligned.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "We're now catching ourselves using the fallacies which I didn't think would happen. A 10/10 resource!" - Kylie
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Really clever and funny comics. I wasn't expecting them to be so funny." - Sandra
NEED HELP?
Contact us at info@duchessandbruno.com - we'll sort it out.
TERMS OF USE
For personal or single-classroom use only. Not for sharing, reselling, or commercial use.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @duchessbruno
Facebook: Duchess and Bruno
Website: www.duchessandbruno.com
Description
He documented the Soviet Gulag with evidence from over 200 survivors. The Soviet government's response was not to argue with any of it.
The Ad Hominem Attack is when someone responds to an argument by attacking the person making it rather than dealing with what they actually said. It doesn't disprove anything. The argument is still there, sitting unanswered. But if it works, nobody notices.
You hear it everywhere: "Your idea is stupid and so are you." "Why would I take advice from someone like that?" "Of course he'd say that - he's just bitter." None of those are responses to the argument. They're attempts to make you forget there was one.
This free expansion pack teaches you to ask "what's actually wrong with it?" - through a true historical story, real-life examples, and activities that feel nothing like homework. It's the companion to the full Ad Hominem Attack Activity Pack and a free preview of the upcoming book, 24 Fallacies and the Historical Disasters That Followed.
⭐ Rated 5.0 by people who now win arguments
THE STORY INSIDE
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a Russian writer who had survived the Soviet Gulag - a vast network of forced labour camps where the Soviet government sent people it considered enemies. Millions were sent. Many died there.
In 1973, Solzhenitsyn published *The Gulag Archipelago* - a detailed account of the labour camps built from his own experience and interviews with over 200 survivors. The evidence was overwhelming.
The Soviet government's response was not to argue with any of it. They called Solzhenitsyn mentally unstable, a liar, a troublemaker, and a traitor. He was arrested and expelled from the country in 1974. Some media in the West - in the US and UK - joined in, calling him an extremist and a Cold War propaganda tool. They didn't engage with his evidence. They just attacked him.
History proved Solzhenitsyn right. The camps were real. The deaths were real. The attacks on the man were a way of avoiding the truth for as long as possible.
The pack closes with the one question that exposes an Ad Hominem Attack every time: "What's actually wrong with it?" Because attacking the person who made the argument is not the same as answering it.
WHAT'S INSIDE
📖 Illustrated True Story - how the Soviet government silenced Alexander Solzhenitsyn's evidence about the Gulag by attacking the man instead of his argument
🔍 Real-Life Examples - spot the Ad Hominem Attack in advertising, social media, news, and everyday conversation
✏️ Activities - written questions, Going Deeper analysis, Spot it in the Wild, graphic organiser, and Draw Your Own Comic Strip
📋 Answer Sheet - for whoever's playing referee
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
Most fallacy resources are a definition on a slide and a matching worksheet. This pack shows the fallacy destroy lives in a true story, makes you recognise it in your own conversations, then sends you hunting for it in the wild. That's how it sticks.
WHO IT'S FOR
→ Anyone 11+ who's sick of losing arguments they were right about
→ The smartest person you know - this is their gift (see also: the other 23)
→ Homeschool families and teachers who want critical thinking that doesn't feel like a chore - yes, it works in classrooms too
WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE
Free digital download. Includes A4 and US Letter sizes at 300 dpi - print as a booklet or as individual pages. Arrives in your email.
COLLECT THE FULL SET
This is one of 24 free expansion packs - one for every logical fallacy in the series. Each has a matching full activity pack with an illustrated comic, true history story, and more activities. Find the full series at duchessandbruno.com.
Coming soon: 24 Fallacies and the Historical Disasters That Followed - the book behind the series.
FOR THE TEACHERS
Aligns with ACARA Critical and Creative Thinking, UK National Curriculum English/Citizenship, and US Common Core ELA (Grades 6+). We promise the students will never know it's curriculum-aligned.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "We're now catching ourselves using the fallacies which I didn't think would happen. A 10/10 resource!" - Kylie
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Really clever and funny comics. I wasn't expecting them to be so funny." - Sandra
NEED HELP?
Contact us at info@duchessandbruno.com - we'll sort it out.
TERMS OF USE
For personal or single-classroom use only. Not for sharing, reselling, or commercial use.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @duchessbruno
Facebook: Duchess and Bruno
Website: www.duchessandbruno.com