Reference no: EM133318445

Consider the following passage and select the most appropriate option among the available choices:

1. I know it was not very nice to overcharge them like that for the room, but all's fair in love, war, and business, my dear. Besides, if the situation were reversed and we were desperate for lodging, they would have bled us for all we're worth.

Straw Man

Rationalization

Appeal to Emotion

No Fallacy

False Dilemma

2. From a prosecutor's closing statement at a trial: "In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, there can be absolutely no doubt that this defendant committed these terrible murders. Look at the mother of the victim, sitting over there, and the father-their lives are forever destroyed by this evil deed. Never again will they know the peace and happiness that was their due. Put yourselves in their shoes, and you will know whether or not this man is guilty."

Appeal to Emotion

Begging the Question

Ad Hominem

Straw Man

Popularity Fallacy

3. "The administration's proposal to declare hundreds of thousands of acres of Alaskan Tundra open for oil drilling is a huge mistake. I'm against it. The President must be stopped. The point of the whole proposal-and it will succeed if the President gets his way-is to fill every piece of untouched wilderness with an oil derrick."

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Burden of Proof

Begging the Question

No Fallacy

4. Gays in the military? Either let 'em in, or keep out all minorities; take your choice. I'm for letting them in. The alternative is ridiculous.

False Dilemma

Popularity Fallacy

Straw Man

Appeal to Emotion

Ad Hominem

5. Look, you can argue about it all day long, but I believe that Carmichael is the best person for the job, and I hope he gets it. That's my opinion, and it's as good as any other opinion, so we may as well change the subject.

No Fallacy

Popularity Fallacy

Subjectivist Fallacy

Slippery Slope

Burden of Proof

6. "The problem isn't really with banning assault weapons; heck, I personally think it's stupid to want to own an assault weapon. The problem is that, once the government realizes that an assault weapons ban is not resulting in fewer gunshot victims, it will turn to semi-automatic weapons and require registration of them. But, of course, that won't reduce the number of victims either. We might finally get to a point where there are no more gunshot victims, but it'll only be after all guns have been banned and the ones out there now have all turned to rust. Gun control is pointless."

Burden of Proof

Slippery Slope

No Fallacy

Rationalization

False Dilemma

7. News report: The city council's internal affairs committee voted to allow public access to the city's five creeks. But Councilwoman Shelly Harvard voiced strong opposition to the public access requirement. "Why do we want to allow access to the creek?" she asked. "Are we going to turn this into a town where anyone can walk across a person's lawn?"

No Fallacy

False Dilemma

Begging the Question

Straw Man

Ad Hominem