Essay Assignment
"Fallacies and Errors in Sound Reasoning"
Please respond to the following:
There are several types of fallacies - equivocation, false authority, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance and bandwagon. Please provide two (2) different examples of advertising that show any of the above fallacies.
• Which of the above fallacies is used in each advertisement?
• Why do you think the advertisers used that fallacy in the ad?
• Did the advertisers use the fallacy effectively?
• If you were an advertiser, what would you have done differently to better use the fallacy.