Use the handout included in the picture to identify the fallacy that is being used in
each statement
1. Everyone is going on the South Beach diet. Why aren't you? ___
2. I was surprised you agreed with her. She's kind of an extremist___
3. TV commentators are always attacking big businesses for making "obscene profits, but the
companies they work for have higher profits than almost any other industry___
4. When he was elected President, the economy went on to grow at a record pace. He absolutely
deserves credit for it.___
5. Why would you ever listen to him? He voted for Jill Stein in the last election.___
6. Kaufman's drugstore is so expensive. I shopped there once before.___
7. Of course I am going to buy those sneakers! I saw the commercial with Lebron James endorsing
them!___
8. Unemployment numbers have been steadily increasing. However, lets discuss the national debt.___
9. Last winter we received more snow than usual. This disproves global warming...___
10. Beth had a heart attack at the early age of 45. As a child, she had chicken pox. Therefore, people who had
chicken pox will also have heart attacks at an early age.___
