Atoms are colorless. Oranges are made of atoms, so oranges are colorless.
Fallacy of Division: when you attribute a property of the whole to the parts.
Half of the class failed the test. Therefore, half of each student failed the test.
A bag of strawberries weighs a pound. Therefore, each strawberry weighs a pound.
Appeal to Pity: the arguer attempts to solicit pity from the audience.
I'm positive that my work will meet your requirements. I really need the job since my grandmother is sick.
My dog is too cute to go to the bathroom on your lawn! Just look at him, there's no way he did it!
Appeal to the People: when the arguer wants to be accepted/included …show more content…
If I went any slower, I wouldn't be going with the stream of traffic.
I read the other day that most people really like the new gun control laws. I was sort of suspicious of them, but I guess if most people like them, then they must be okay.
Ad Hominem/’tu quoque’: Claiming the argument is flawed by pointing out that the one making the argument is not acting consistently with the claims of the argument. It is also know was “you too” fallacy.
How can you make a decision about someone having marital problems if you’ve never been married?
If you love their tuition so much, why don’t you just go to college there?
Ad Hominem/abusive: Attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself, when the attack on the person is completely irrelevant to the argument the person is making.
What do you mean you don’t like burgers, you are american!
Why would you believe Bob's story? Bob's such an idiot, he walks into …show more content…
How could they have actually gone to the Moon when Steven Spielberg shot the movie? Steven Spielberg is from Hollywood and that’s all