Iker, a young golfer, started drinking a new brand of soft drink after he saw an advertisement of a famous golfer saying that his putting skills improved after regularly consuming the drink. Which type of reasoning fallacy did Iker commit?
a. Appeal to misplaced authority
b. Red herring
c. Causal
d. Bandwagon
A
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a. presumptively unconstitutional b. routinely ignored without punishment c. overturned by the supremacy clause d. generally constitutional unless they unreasonably target the press
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
When preparing visual aids, the basic design principle of repetition means
A. making elements similar instead of very different. B. placing items on the page arbitrarily. C. using the same visual elements to strengthen organization and unity. D. grouping related items close together.
Leon, in his speech on energy sources, uses graphic aids to demonstrate how a wind turbine works. In this scenario, Leon is giving a(n) _____.
a. process speech b. persuasive speech c. impromptu speech d. didactic speech