EXERCISE 2: The Emotional Appeals
Identify the fallacy that occurs in each passage.
These will be fallacies from the Emotional Appeals family: Appeal to Pity, Appeal to Utility, Appeal to Fear, Appeal to Hope, Appeal to Humor, Appeal to Gravity, Jingoism.
1. You never can tell when bad breath might strike. Be prepared with Flirts Breath Mints.
2. You may already be a winner! Yes, you are a finalist in our drawing for A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS! And if you buy a subscription to one of our magazines, we will mark your entry for priority treatment.
3. I realize you are concerned about human rights violations in my country. But a leader who gave in to such tender-hearted sentiments would never be able to maintain control in our country.
4. We need to raise salaries for teachers. Our country can no longer afford the wasted lives and grinding despair that results from illiteracy.
5. My opponent's lighthearted approach to the problem of post-gustatory flatulence does a disservice to this important topic. Let's try to be adults.
6. How many Scientific Creationists does it take to change a light bulb? They don't know how to change a light bulb: they still use oil lanterns!
7. It's President's Day, and it's time for all patriotic Americans to come on down to Crazy Eddie's Used Cars. While we're saving the world for democracy, you can save big on a new used car from Crazy Eddie's, where Americans come to shop.
8. Can't you raise my grade to a B? This was a really hard semester for me. My dog got run over, my grandmother died, and the distributor went out on my car. Plus my landlord raised my rent and I had to get a job.
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