- Begging the Question: I have experienced what can only be described as paranormal activity, therefore paranormal activity is real.
- Ad Hominem: Frank suggest that we mail out the letters in the morning, but what does he know, he didn’t even graduate high school.
- Equivocation: Pizza is better than nothing. Nothing is better than burritos. Therefore, pizza is better than burritos.
- Slippery slope: If I loan you a dollar today, you will then ask for ten, and then one hundred. I don’t want that to happen, so I can’t loan you that dollar.
- Straw man: Jasmine told Ryan,”Babe take out the trash.” Cody responded,”Why do I have to do everything? I spend my time doing homework and going to school, I wouldn’t have enough time to watch Netflix.”
- Tu Quoque: My mother told me I should stop eating so much carbs because its bad, but she eats bread all the time so that can’t be true.
- Non-sequitur: People generally like to swim at the beach. The beach has water. Therefore, having floods in homes would be great!
- False Dichotomy: You are either with God or against him.
- Argument from ignorance: Although we have proven that clouds aren’t made by cotton candy, we have not proven that clouds cannot be filled with them; therefore, the clouds are made out of cotton candy.
- Red Herring: My teacher caught me cheating on a test. I responded,” I know I’ve made a mistake. But think of my parents, they are going to be heartbroken.”
- Perfectionist: I had to redo my notes over four times because of the smudges on the paper
- Stereotype: I have an Asian student in my math class and he always gets good grades.
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Tania Punzo 