| A | B |
|---|
| Appeal to Fear | "I don't think a Red Ryder BB rifle would make a good present for you. They are very dangerous and you'll put your eye out. Now, don't you agree that you should think of another gift idea?" |
| Personal Attack | "Jane says that drug use is morally wrong, but she is just a goody-two shoes Christian, so we don't have to listen to her." |
| False Dilemma | "Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this MP3 player, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while." |
| False Analogy | Employees are like nails. Just as nails must be hit in the head in order to make them work, so must employees. |
| Two Wrongs Make a Right | Bill has borrowed Jane's expensive pen, but found he didn't return it. He tell's himself that it is okay to keep it, since she would have taken his. |
| Post Hoc | Bill purchases a new PowerMac and it works fine for months. He then buys and installs a new piece of software. The next time he starts up his Mac, it freezes. Bill concludes that the software must be the cause of the freeze. |
| Bandwagon | Bill thinks that welfare is needed in some cases. His friends in the Young Republicans taunt him every time he makes his views known. He accepts their views in order to avoid rejection. |
| Appeal to Authority | I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the hit series "General Hospital." You can take it from me that when you need a fast acting, effective and safe pain killer there is nothing better than MorphiDope 2000. That is my considered medical opinion. |
