Chapter 3 Review/Cumulative

Ladies and Gentlemen, do you really want these bigoted fundamentalists to be running things? Vote against them!

• ad hominem circumstantial

• straw man

• ad hominem abusive

• appeal to ignorance

Hindus don't believe in helping the poor. That's why Hinduism is a religion of callous inhumanity. All one has to do is walk the streets of India to see how little they care.

• straw man

• Irrelevant Goals

• Irrelevant thesis

Of course I think our school should put funds towards a cooking club. I have evidence right here that shows that students who cook are happier and do better in school.

• straw man

• irrelevant thesis

• appeal to ignorance

You want me to run three times a week, but how will that make me friends?

• Irrelevant thesis

• irrelevant goals/functions

• straw man

The new ZX-4 Sedan is a really safe car, even when travelling over 100 miles. There's never been any road tests to show that it's dangerous at these speeds.

• appeal to ignorance

• irrelevant goals

• ad hominem abusive

Doctor: "You really need to stop eating sweets so much, your blood sugar levels are way too high. You are at risk of getting diabetes." Patient: "But how is not eating sweets going to help me get a promotion at work?"

• appeal to ignorance

• straw man

• irrelevant goals/functions

"I like the Steelers. The name "Steelers" is really cool. They are called that because Pittsburgh used to be a large steel-producing city."

• Straw man

• irrelevant goals/functions

• Irrelevant Thesis

There has to be life on Mars. I have never seen one shred of evidence that proves there is no life there.

• Appeal to ignorance

• Straw man

• irrelevant goals/functions

If you were elected President, how would you help the unemployment problem?

Presidential candidate: If I were elected President, I would vote for a different immigration law. This will help our economy.

• Appeal to ignorance

• Irrelevant Thesis

• Irrelevant Goals/Functions

Should we pass the bill to create a department of parks and recreations in our small town?

Yes, we should pass the bill because the parks and recreations would increase the amount of people in our town.

• Irrelevant Thesis

• Straw Man

• Irrelevant Goals/Functions