INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Judge, surely I'm not obligated to pay $250,000 in back taxes. If you were to decide against me, it would really put a crimp in my finances. I wouldn't be able to afford that new BMW, and my social status in our upscale neighborhood will drop like a rock

A) Appeal to pity.
B) Appeal to force.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) No fallacy.
E) Argument against the person, circumstantial.


A

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