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English help, just checking my answers pt 2?

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4: The first photo on this page is an ad for Miami University Alumni Association. The text reads, "Helen, who celebrated her 101st birthday, is the oldest dues paying member of the Miami University Alumni Association." Also included in the ad is, "Why did you join the Miami University Alumni Association? Because I have a special feeling for Miami. It’s a good school." This ad is a subtle

appeal to popularity

appeal to false authority

but acceptable ad with no fallacy

circular reasoning example

5: To give an estimate of the number of gumballs in the second photo’s gumball machine, we would need to

dump the gumballs out and count them.

do induction by enumeration.

guess and hope we are lucky.

hire someone to count them.

6: The picture in the center, of the Volkswagon ad, reads, "$1,002 a pound." This is an implied but fallacious

analogy

dilemma

personal attack

racial slur

7: The early ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes contains a

false analogy

false dilemma

appeal to fear

ad hominem

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  1. 4. appeal to false authority- it's wonderful that Helen has lived to be 100 and has decided to join the alumni association but that doesn't make her an expert

    5. do induction by enumeration

    6. analogy- cars aren't sold by pound and it is ridiculous to advertise them that way

    7. ???


  2. Do your own lessons. Thanks for the 2 points; this is too easy.

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