“Your Honor, if my client goes to prison, then he will be unable to care for his elderly parents. Please consider his circumstances before reaching a verdict.”

“We shouldn’t let 17-year-olds vote! My sister is a teacher and she told me that her teenage students are way too young and immature to make such a decision.”

The majority of people believe advertisers should spend more money on billboards, so billboards are objectively the best form of advertisement.

We can either agree with Barbara's plan, or just let the project fail. There is no other option.

The arguer infers that because one event

follows another, the first event must be the

cause of the second event.

based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always valid: that is, everyone believes it, so you should too.

Using a celebrity or authority figure’s name

to support an issue which if not really his

or her expertise.

appealing to

someone’s emotions in order to distract

them from the truth.

True

False