ANDREA LOUISE Y.

ELCANO

ACTIVITY 1

In pairs, get 10 different print advertisements that contain logical fallacies. Analyze these ads carefully by identifying the
fallacious statements and their types. If there are multiple fallacies in one add, choose the most glaring. Use the following
table as your format. You may use a separate sheet for your answer.

Product/Brand Fallacious Statement Type of Logical Fallacy

Alaxan FR “Alaxan FR is a medicine used to Appeal to Authority
relief muscle and body pain.”
-they used Manny Pacquiao to
advertise this so that the people would
think it’s effective since he is a world
champ boxer.
Biogesic “Proven by Millions” Appeal to Popular
MILO “Since 2012, Almost 20 million kids Appeal to Authority
have become active through MILO
champ moves”
Colgate “Colgate is the number one brand Appeal t anonymous Authority
recommended by dentist”
Dove “Many women are using dove” Banwagon
Skyflakes A biscuit made him finished his POST HOC
studies, because of this he has the
energy to earn money for his son.
Ibuprofen Medicol “Headaches feels like it explodes False Analogy
everything around you”
Decolgen there is a hollow block on top of his False analogy
head
Gluta-C Commercial Featuring Jodi The advertisement uses Jodi Sta. Appeal to Authority
Sta. Maria Maria to pepersue the viewers to use
Gluta-C
RiteMED Commercial Featuring Susan Roces said in this advertisement Appeal to Pity
Susan Roces she saw an old woman buying
expensive medicine. Susan Roces was
crying. Then she immediately
followed the RiteMed.