Can you name this fallacy?

It is ridiculous to have spent thousands of dollars to rescue two whales trapped in the ice. Why, look at all the people trapped in jobs they don't like.

• Begging the Question

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Post Hoc (false cause)

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CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.

• Post Hoc (false cause)

• Slippery Slope

• Begging the Question

• Straw Man

The meteorologist predicted the wrong amount of rain for May. Obviously, the meteorologist is unreliable.

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

• Non Sequitur

• Bandwagon

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

You know Jane Fonda's exercise videos must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she's in.

• Begging the Question

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Tradition

• Post Hoc (false cause)

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know, they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

• False Analogy

• False Authority

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either, you decide that you can afford this stereo, or your decide that you are going to have to go without music for a while.

• Non Sequitur

• False Analogy

• False Dilemma

• Bandwagon

I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the hit series, "Bimbos and Studmuffins in the OR." You can take it from me that when you need a safe and effective pain killer, there is nothing better then MorphiPill 2000. That is my professional medical opinion.

• Ad Hominem

• False Authority

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What she says about Kepler's astronomy theory of the 1600's must be just so much garbage. Do you realize she's only fifteen years old?

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Begging the Question

• Hasty Generalization

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The book Investing for Dummies really helped me understand my finances better. The book Chess for Dummies was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount, so it will probably help me understand my finances, too.

• Appeal to Tradition

• False Authority

• Bandwagon

• False Analogy

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

More and more people are buying sports utility vehicles. It is time you bought one, too!

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

• Oversimplification

• False Authority

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

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