Which fallacy best describes the following passage?
Professor, I know I failed the exam. But I really need to pass this class, and if I don't pass, then I'll have to retake the course and wont be able to graduate on time. Please allow me to retake the final exam.
You can be sure that the Senate's new tax plan is not going to benefit the country. After all, the majority of the senators who voted for the plan are multimillionaires, and they are the ones who will benefit most from the new plan.
You can't believe what the mayor says about increasing taxes because he was recently caught on tape using illegal drugs.
Are we going to let America down in its hour of need? When you get knocked down, do you grovel and beg for help? Or do you dust yourself off and pick yourself up, no matter how much it hurts? America isn't a nation of quitters, and we can't quit now. Weve got to keep this country moving forward, and that's why you should vote for me.
The author goes on and on about how love is overrated, and how the statistics and biology show humans aren't normally monogamous. But of course she'd say that; she had those two bitter divorces.
Your essay arguing that Woolf's Orlando suffers from inconsistencies in plotting is nothing more than the product of male chauvinism. A man cannot appreciate the perspective of women in the England of Woolf's era.
How can you criticize our soldiers in Afghanistan? You don't know what it's like to be a soldier; you've never served.
Some of us still care for the poor and the downtrodden. Don't be like the 1% who ignore the problems in our country. Thus, you must choose now to be on the right side of history.
You condemn eating meat and poultry as wrong, when I've seen you eat chicken nuggets by the fistful! I can't take your position seriously when you don't follow it yourself.
Don't listen to his entrepreneurial advice. After all, his business went bankrupt, and he's been unemployed for over a year.
It's absurd that he expects me to heed his advice about diet and exercise, when he weighs at least 200 pounds and sits behind a desk every day.
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