What kind of logical fallacy is this? “Alex says schools should serve healthier lunches. But what he really means is that students should never get to enjoy tasty food again.”

An ad campaign from a cleaning product company shows a crying baby sitting next to a spilled bottle of bleach. The narrator warns, “If you don’t choose safe, non-toxic cleaners, this could happen to your child.” The commercial does not mention any specific data or accidents involving the competing brand. It ends with the line, “Join millions of smart parents switching to EarthBaby Clean.” The company website features testimonials from social media influencers. Which phrase from the commercial uses the bandwagon fallacy?

Answer the following questions based on the reading below: The attitudes of Americans toward gambling are amazingly contradictory (opposite or conflicting). You may find, for example, that horse racing is legal in your state, but that you cannot legally play poker for money on your front porch; bookies may be prosecuted by state law, but they are supposed to purchase a federal license nonetheless; one church condemns gambling, while another raises money by sponsoring Bingo games. Gambling laws are inconsistent from state to state or even from town to town and are very difficult to enforce. What is true of gambling laws based on the reading?

What kind of bias does the author show?

What is the purpose of irony in literature?

What is one thing you might do when previewing a text?

Reading biased information is…

What is the commercial trying to make viewers feel?

Which logical fallacy might be present in the statement, “If we allow students to pick their own books, they’ll stop learning anything useful”?

What is the commercial trying to make viewers feel?