1. Appeal to Ridicule
By:Cassidy Patriarca

2. Appeal to Ridicule- A fallacy in which ridicule or mockery is subsituted for evidence in an “argument”. This sort of “reasoning” is fallacious because mocking a claim does not show that it is false.

3. Example

4. Examples from the Crucible
Proctor: “ There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it.”
Act 3. page 217.
This is an example of ridicule because Parris says “why could there not have been poppets hid where no one ever saw them?” And after saying this Proctor makes a comment to mock the argument.

5. Example 2 Act 3 pg. 214
Danforth: Mr. Putnam, I have here an accusation by Mr. Corey against you. He states that you coldly prompted your daughter to cry witchery upon George Jacobs that is now in jail.
Putnam: It’s a lie!
Danforth: Mr. Putnam states your charge is a lie, what say you to that!
Giles: A fart on Thomas Putnam, that is what I say to that!
- This is an example because instead of Giles continuing talking about the charge he blurts out an insult to ridicule the argument towards Putnam.

6. http://www. logicallyfallacious. com/index