Determining Fallacious Reasoning
Which statement best explains why this is an example
of fallacious reasoning?
Experts have linked the increase in teen car accidents to
an increase in the use of social media while driving. Teen
drivers are using social media to take selfies while
driving. This behavior causes dangerous driving
situations that may result in deadly accidents. The only
way to stop teen accidents caused by distracted driving is
to block social media apps while a car is in motion.
O
The author fails to recognize other behaviors that
cause distracted driving.
O
The author uses language that unfairly draws upon
the emotions of readers.
O
The author labels teens as distracted which is an
unfair judgment
The author fails to include relevant and sufficient
evidence
O

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings