1. Review for Test Two Please number 1 - 12

2. Fallacies Read each example and determine which type of fallacy is being used.

3. 1. Abby doesn’t like peanut butter, Sarah doesn’t like peanut better, Alexis doesn’t like peanut butter. It seems that no one in Mrs. Spugnardi’s public speaking class likes peanut butter. A. either or B. hasty generalization C. ad hominem D. bandwagon Answer - B

4. 2. We need to either sell our Rocket Raffle tickets to raise money for financial aid, or we can expect enrollment to dwindle. A. slippery slope B. false cause C. red herring D. either or Answer – D.

5. 3. When a team from the NFC wins the Super Bowl, economic growth during the next year is stronger than when a team from the AFC wins the Super Bowl. Therefore, if we want economic growth, we should root for a team from the NFC to win this year’s Super Bowl. A. false cause B. ad hominem C. hasty generalization D. invalid analogy Answer - A

6. 4. At a PTA meeting, someone said, “I don’t know if I can support Katherine’s plan for raising money through a bake sale. After all, she was arrested for being a public nuisance when she was 16.” A. slippery slope B. ad hominem C. either or D. false cause Answer - B

7. 5. If we allow the school board to spend money remodeling the gym, next they will want to build a new school and give all teachers a huge raise. Taxes will soar so high that businesses will leave, and then there will be no jobs in this town. A. slippery slope B. either or C. ad hominem D. Invalid analogy Answer – A.

8. 6. While complaining to your mom about her nagging you to wear your seat belt, you say, “I don’t see why we have to wear seat belts. Teenagers in the 1950s didn’t wear them.” A. false cause B. invalid analogy C. red herring D. hasty generalization Answer - B

9. 7. If you were talking to your Mom and Dad about extending your curfew, and you older brother interrupted the conversation by saying, “She doesn’t need a later curfew. After all she got to go to Disney World with grandma when she was five, and I didn’t get to go.” A. red herring B. false cause C. either or D. slippery slope Answer - A

10. Connectives

11. 8. In discussing how Asian Americans have been stereotyped in the mass media, we’ll look at the origins of the problemand at its continuing impact today. A. internal preview B. internal summary C. transition D. signpost Answer - A

12. 9. The first cause of the problem is an unregulated internet. A. internal preview B. internal summary C. transition D. signpost Answer - D

13. 10. We’ve seen that pet overpopulation causes problems in our neighborhood, in the health of the animals and in the cost to taxpayers A. internal preview B. internal summary C. transition D. signpost Answer - B

14. 11. We’ve learned about Eleanor Roosevelt’s role as first lady let’s look at her work as an ambassador to the United Nations. A. internal preview B. internal summary C. transition D. signpost Answer - C

15. 12. The most important thing to remember about abstract art is that it is always based on forms in the natural world. A. internal preview B. internal summary C. transition D. signpost Answer - D