Consider the following argument: "Billy-Ray Hoggerty's book Stoned in Muskogee should be awarded this year's Pulitzer Prize for literature. Billy-Ray, as you know, recently lost both his parents, and his favorite coon dog got run over by a truck." Which of the following fallacies has been committed in this argument?
A. the fallacy of personal attack
B. the fallacy of attacking the motive
C. the fallacy of appeal to pity
D. None of the answers are correct
Answer: C
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