INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Michelle said she saw a man get run over by a car while standing on her porch. We can only conclude that her porch was severely damaged
A) False dichotomy.
B) Straw man.
C) No fallacy.
D) Equivocation.
E) Amphiboly.
E
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A) False dichotomy. B) Weak analogy. C) Composition. D) No fallacy. E) Suppressed evidence.
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