Group Four: Sample Fallacies And Booby Traps

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Understanding Fallacies and Booby Traps in Argument and Persuasive Writing

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1.

I’m not a doctor, but I play a doctor on TV, and I wouldn’t dream of using anything but Tylenol for my toughest headaches.
- A.
  
  False Cause
- B.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- C.
  
  Equivocation
- D.
  
  Suppressed Evidence
- E.
  
  Vagueness
2.

You can hardly blame President Clinton for having extramarital affairs. Many presidents, when faced with similar situations, have yielded to the same temptations.
- A.
  
  Suppressed Evidence
- B.
  
  Vagueness
- C.
  
  False Cause
- D.
  
  Red Herring
- E.
  
  Genetic Fallacy
3.

Really exciting novels are very rare. And since rare books are expensive, I can’t afford to buy any really exciting novels.
- A.
  
  Red Herring
- B.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- C.
  
  Undistributed Middle
- D.
  
  Vagueness
- E.
  
  Equivocation
4.

Poetry is based on rhythm, and music is based on rhythm, so isn't poetry a kind of music?
- A.
  
  Red Herring
- B.
  
  Undistributed Middle
- C.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- D.
  
  Genetic Fallacy
- E.
  
  Vagueness
5.

Wife: “I see Mr. Smith is cooking out on his new barbecue grill.” Husband: “So his wife finally got fed up with his unfaithfulness!”
- A.
  
  Straw Man
- B.
  
  Vagueness
- C.
  
  Suppressed Evidence
- D.
  
  Questionable Use of Statistics
- E.
  
  Red Herring
6.

Radio talk show host, on learning that an association of critical thinking professors had suggested his show as a source of fallacious reasoning: “Who are these people? They talk to maybe 30 people at a time. I talk to 5 million people every day. They could not begin to do what I do. They are just gnats flying around getting in the way.”
- A.
  
  Vagueness
- B.
  
  Questionable Use of Statistics
- C.
  
  Red Herring
- D.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- E.
  
  Straw Man
7.

Before he died, poet Allen Ginsberg argued in favor of legalizing pornography. But Ginsberg's arguments are nothing but trash. Ginsberg was a pot-smoking homosexual and a thoroughgoing advocate of the drug culture.
- A.
  
  Genetic Fallacy
- B.
  
  False Cause
- C.
  
  Equivocation
- D.
  
  Red Herring
- E.
  
  Straw Man
8.

We should pass a constitutional amendment making it illegal to burn the American flag. Anyone who thinks otherwise just hates America.
- A.
  
  Red Herring
- B.
  
  Equivocation
- C.
  
  Suppressed Evidence
- D.
  
  Straw Man
- E.
  
  False Cause
9.

Miller Lite is cheap beer, so the Guinness will be cheap, too.
- A.
  
  Straw Man
- B.
  
  Questionable Use of Statistics
- C.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- D.
  
  False Cause
- E.
  
  Equivocation
10.

Middle-class families are paying more taxes than ever.
- A.
  
  Straw Man
- B.
  
  Undistributed Middle
- C.
  
  Equivocation
- D.
  
  Genetic Fallacy
- E.
  
  Vagueness