A Student Advocating for Additional Parking Spaces on Campus in a Persuasive

question 5

Multiple Choice

A student advocating for additional parking spaces on campus in a persuasive presentation argues, "My best friend agrees that we need more parking spaces, as does my boyfriend. Students on this campus believe we need to add more parking spaces." The fallacy present in this reasoning is

• A) hasty generalizations.
• B) bandwagon appeals.
• C) ad hominem arguments.
• D) straw person claims.

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