INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Willie the Weasel could not possibly be responsible for burglarizing the jewelry store. Willie is an inept bungler who couldn't steal a newspaper from a broken vending machine

A) Argument against the person, circumstantial.

B) Appeal to the people.

C) Argument against the person, abusive.

D) Appeal to pity.

E) No fallacy.


E

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