Exam 2: Language and Rhetoric

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: If you think I'm going to let you have a cell phone at your age, you've got another think coming. Once you've got a cell phone, you'll want an i-pod, then it'll be an i-phone, and before I know it you'll be demanding I buy you a sports car.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: If people drink too much they end up with liver damage. But as Alice never drinks her liver will be fine.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: These herbal infusions of marijuana ought to be banned! Kids start on these legal highs, but they soon switch to illegal drugs like marijuana, and from there it's a short step to serious drugs like ecstasy and cocaine. And before you know it, they're all P addicts.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Of course Jo knows that Paul Hewson is the lead singer of U2, she must do, she knows that Bono is their front man.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: The government keeps talking about greater monitoring of families with young children, and greater penalties for child abuse. But there will always be people who abuse or neglect their children, so there's no point in adopting such measures.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Of course these politicians support tax breaks for landlords. They all have investment properties of their own.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: A large study recently showed that children who get enough sleep between the ages of 2 and 5 are less likely to be obese at age 7. Clearly that extra hour of sleep makes them thin.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: I really want to learn to fish. It must be a great way to spend your holidays and weekends, and a vast majority of people here in New Zealand enjoy fishing.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: If it's raining, it's good weather for fishing. It's great weather for fishing, so it must be raining.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: How can you say she wouldn't make a good Vice President, when you were Vice President of the Golf Club, you did a terrible job.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Medical researchers have detected a correlation between the medication I'm taking for osteoporosis and cancer. I'm not taking any chances, I'm going to stop taking it, it causes cancer.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Look, there's really no alternative here. Either we buy food or we buy beer, we can't have both.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: The President says he's committed to finding solutions to tackling climate change, but there he is jetting around in Air Force One, pumping out carbon emissions like they're pure oxygen. Why should we take any notice of what he says?

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: David Beckham is the best midfielder ever to play for England and he says that Arbarmi jeans are his favourite. They must be the best.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: You say that it's a straight choice between beer and food, but I simply don't agree that those are the only two options, and, anyway, you always drink more than I do.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Yes, but you would say that, wouldn't you? If your cousin's elected Vice President, you'll have a direct line to the President.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Every time I go to a chiefs game they lose. My friends won't let me go anymore; they say the losing streak is all because of me!

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: My Dad says smoking is bad for you. But as he smokes like a chimney, I reckon he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Of course carrying a little bit of cannabis for your own use is immoral, it's illegal, isn't it?

Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: Polls show 65% of New Zealanders think David Shearer would be no good as Prime Minister. So he would clearly be a lousy Prime Minister.