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a. What is a logical fallacy? (in your own words)

b. What are three of the major ways that an Appeal to Authority can go wrong?

c. When is an Appeal to Emotion NOT a fallacy?

2) Label the following as Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Pity, Appeal to Fear, or Not a Fallacy.

a. A supervisor tells his employee that he has to write him up for being late to work for the third time. The employee says "Please don't write me up! If I get fired, I'll lose my house and be homeless!"

b. Senator Jones holds a press conference at which she says "If we don't bail out the banking industry, the whole economy will collapse. Therefore, I am going to request a bailout."

c. A commercial for toothpaste says that four out of five dentists surveyed would recommend this particular brand of toothpaste to their patients.

d. A presidential candidate brings a young man on stage at a political rally to tell his emotional story of how the candidate's government program had helped him stop using drugs and alcohol and get a job that he still holds. The audience hears specifically how the program has worked for this man.