INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Shortly after retiring from his job, Mr. Lopez had a heart attack and died. The same thing happened to Mrs. Harris. I think the message is clear: Whatever you do, never retire from your job

A) Hasty generalization.

B) Slippery slope.

C) No fallacy.

D) Appeal to the people.

E) False cause.


E

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