The following is an example of the fallacy of _____.

Either we require forced sterilization of Third World peoples or world population will explode and all of us will die. We certainly don’t want to die, so we must require forced sterilization.

In the straw man fallacy, an arguer often distorts another person’s argument by making it look more extreme than it really is.

The following is an example of the fallacy of ____.

A line is composed of points. Points have no length. Therefore, a line has no length.

It is always wrong to appeal to authority.

A _____ is a defect in an argument that arises from either a mistake in reasoning or the creation of an illusion that tries to make a bad argument appear good.

The following can be described as committing ___:

George said that he was interviewing for a job drilling oil wells in the supervisor’s office. We can only conclude that the supervisor must have an awfully

dirty office.

The following can be best described as committing _____:

Recent studies have shown that conventional food has the same vitamins, minerals, proteins, and other nutrients as organic food. Therefore, it’s just as good

to eat conventional food as organic food.

The fallacy of _____ occurs when the link between premises and conclusion depends on some imagine causal connection that probably does not exist.

e.g. "Successful business executives are paid salaries in excess of $100,000. Therefore, the best way to ensure that Ferguson will become a successful executive is to raise his salary to at least $100,000."

The fallacies of illicit transference involve the incorrect transference of an attribute from the parts of something to the whole, or from the whole onto the parts.