Informal Fallacies 1. False Cause a. Let us not take her to the mall.

Everytime she goes out with us, it rains. b. Catherine does not sleep using black clothes, because she always gets nightmares everytime shes wearing black. 2. Argumentum Ad Misericordiam (Appeal to Pity) a. A man applies for a job. When the boss asks him what his qualifications are, he replies that he has a wife and six children at home, the wife is a helpless cripple, the children have nothing to eat, no clothes to wear, no shoes on their feet, there are no beds in the house, no coal in the cellar, and winter is coming. b. Amber, I love you. You are the whole world to me, the moon and the stars and the constellations of outer space. Please, my darling, say that you will go steady with me, for if you will not, life will be meaningless. I will languish. I will refuse my meals. I will wander the face of the earth, a shambling, hollow-eyed hulk. 3. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam (Appeal to Misplaced Authority) a. My bestfriend said that all boys cannot be trusted. b. Eating fruits after meal causes cancer. Thats what my theology teacher said.

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4. Tu quoqe a. Am I always interrupting in the middle of conversations? Then what do you think youre doing by frequently not letting me finish what I have to say? b. You said that Im a bad person because Im cheating on my boyfriend? Dont forget that you said Yes to your suitor through SMS while having a dinner with your boyfriend! 5. Argumentum Ad Ignorantiam (Appeal to Ignorance) a. I texted her if she really shouted back at our Dean but she hasnt replied. Since she did not reply, it only means that she really did shouted back at our Dean. b. Sir Jay does not give failing grades, because nobody got a failing grade in his class last semester.

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