INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Even though Jackie is not very bright, she always gets good grades. Therefore, she couldn't possibly have cheated on the last test

A) Accident.

B) Tu quoque (you, too).

C) Red herring.

D) Missing the point.

E) No fallacy.


D

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