INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Jim, it's clear that you want that job with the Acme accounting agency. Therefore, to improve your chances, you should tell the interviewer that if he doesn't give you the job you will kidnap one of his children

A) Missing the point.

B) False cause.

C) Appeal to force.

D) No fallacy.

E) Begging the question.


A

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