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Ad Hominem
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Although president Obama argues that he is creating jobs in the long run, he has been seen on multiple networks on television so his words are suspect.
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Cause and Effect
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Automobile accidents are on the rise because cars are being manufactured with higher acceleration.
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Red Herring
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Returning veterans find it hard to get a job.
Women are dominating the workplace, now making up 50% of the workforce. |
False Analogy
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"There are seven windows given to animals in the domicile of the head: two nostrils, two eyes, two ears, and a mouth. . . . From this and many other similarities in Nature, too tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets must necessarily be seven."
(Francesco Sizzi, 17th-century Italian astronomer) |
Hasty Generalization
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If I can't dunk a basketball, then you can't dunk a basketball. This concludes that no one in our school can dunk at all.
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Slippery Slope
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Plagrism is a small action that can have a massive effect on your grade.
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Circular Reasoning
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A confused student reasoning states "you cant give me a C. I'm a A student.
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Either/Or
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vegans & vegetarians
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Non Sequitur
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Warming was caused by sunspots, or fluctuations in the Earth's orbit, or volcanic eruptions. Therefore it cannot be caused by mankind
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