- We can’t believe her because she is too ugly.

- Nobody wants to talk to her because she is too wired. 

Attacking the motive

- Jessica wants me to buy the clothes so she can borrow from me.

- My classmates want me to do finish my homework so that they can copy it. 

Look who’s talking 

- Jenn: “ You should study hard and score high mark in exam.”

              Me: “ Why I should study hard? You even didn’t pass in your exam.”

- Me: “ You should eat more vegetables and fruits. It is good for you.”

Yurika: “ Why should I? You do not eat much vegetables and fruits either.”

Two wrongs make a right 

- I didn’t feel any shame when I scolded at my mother, because my brother always scold at my mother.

- I did not feel guilty to report Ali to the teacher when he cheat in the exam because he always cheat in exams. 

Scare tactics

- Sharon wants me to complete her assignment, if not she will tell everyone my secret.

- The gangsters always threaten the little boy for money, if not they will beat him up. 

Appeal to pity

- Madam, can you let me pass the exam because yesterday I was sick and I had no time to study.

- Ben wants Monika to help him finish his homework because he does not know how to do it. 

Bandwagon argument 

- Amin started smoking because he noticed many of his friends were smoking.

- She starts to put on thick makeup when she saw a model does that. 

Straw man fallacy

- Mom: “ You should put more effort in English.”

               Me: “ You mean I not need to study hard in other subjects ? ”

- Brandon: “ You should do more exercise.”

Ashley : “ Are you telling me that I’m fat? ”

Red herring 

- When lily close to the lecturer, everyone thinks she want to get tips.

- When he saw Shelly was talking to Ben, he thinks that Shelly likes Ben. 

Equivocation

- Lily is a vegetarian. John is not a vegetarian. John is a vegetarian.

- Nancy likes to dance. Her sister does not like to dance. Her sister likes to dance. 

Begging the question

- Jack: “ Why you wear slipper to school? ”

              Me: “ Because I want to wear. ”

- Georgia: “ Why do you want to eat? ”

Ben: “ Because I want to eat. ”

i.         “You should not our team leader because you are ugly and fat. “

ii.       “You must the one who steal my wallet because you are always the quietest person in our class.”

 

Attacking the Motive

i.         The salesman of Toyota keep persuading me to buy the latest model car just because he can get a higher commission.

ii.       My friend ask me to do the homework faster just because he want to copy my answer.

 

Look Who’s Talking

i.         Jacky: “You must complete the assignment as soon as possible since you no need to rush in last minute.”

Me: “I don’t agree with you because you still have not send me your part of assignment to me yet.”

ii.       Milan: “You cheated on your income tax. Don’t you realize that’s wrong?”

Me: “Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that? “

 

Two Wrongs Make a Right

i.         My friend comes late to school everyday so I ignore the rules and come late too.

ii.       Karen put some stones into my bag so I also put the stones inside her drawer.

 

Scare Tactics

i.         Kim asked me to choose him as group, if not he will tell to teacher I didn’t do anything in group assignment.

ii.       Laura wants me to follow her way in completing the work, if not she will tell others about my secret.

 

Appeal to pity

i.         When you did not finish an assignment on time, you tell your teacher about how your printer was out of ink, but that you didn't want to ask your mother to go to the store because she works nights, doesn't get much sleep, and she was sleeping.

ii.       Commercials that show starving children in Africa before asking for donations to feed them.

 

Bandwagon Argument 

i.         Cathy is opposed to social media because she would rather have a face-to-face conversation. However, more and more of Cathy's friends have joined social media sites, so Cathy feels like she needs to create an account as well.

ii.       Mary notices that many of her friends have started eating a low-carb diet and drinking protein shakes. Mary decides that this must be the healthy way to eat, so she joins them.

 

Straw Man

i.         Lisa says that she thinks her friends should not be so rude to the new girl. Jenna says that she cannot believe that Lisa is choosing to be better friends with the new girl than the girls who have always known her.

ii.       Jenny is the class secretary. She says that she thinks that the class should do more service projects. Mark says he can't believe that Jenny doesn't support the annual school dance.

 

Red Herring

i.         When your mother gets your phone bill and you have gone over the limit, you begin talking to her about how hard your math class is and how well you did on a test today.

ii.       When you start saying things to me like I need to eat healthier or get more exercise, that says to me that you think I’m fat. I like me, and I like the way I look and more people should have better self-esteem.

 

Equivocation 

i.         Noisy children are a real headache. Two aspirin will make a headache go away. Therefore, two aspirin will make noisy children go away.

ii.       The laws imply lawgivers. There are laws in nature. Therefore there must be a cosmic lawgiver.

 

Begging the question

i.         Smoking cigarettes can kill you because cigarettes are deadly.

ii.       Fruits and vegetables are part of a healthy diet. After all, a healthy eating plan includes fruits and vegetables.

 

    -Obey knows the cause of the accident is because of the careless of Janice. But most of the people support and believe she is right, and the fault is shirked by another girl who is Lily. So, Obey follows them to blame Lily.
    8)Straw Man Fallacy 

    -John: “Let’s us to dine out later.”

     His mother gets angry and says loudly: “Is it you are not satisfied with my cook? You are telling me my cook is unpalatable? Or you think I fail to clean up the house? So, you do not want to stay at home?”

     - Peter: “I think work is better than study.”

       Mary: “What nonsense!!You are saying that the people who are studying are meaningless and useless!! Besides, you are saying that the people who only choose to work can get happiness only!”
   9)Red Herring
       -There is a increasing of car accidents because of the problem of car. Most cars are made in UK. Uk is an unsafe country.

        -Lecturer: “Can we get one extra class in this week?”

         Student A: “Madam, when is our exam?”

         Lecturer: “The end of this month.”

         Student B: “Madam, can you explain the question yesterday?”

         Lecturer: “Sure, let’s see together the question…”
    10)Equivocation
        - All rabbit are mammals.But no bears are rabbits. So, no bears are mammals.

        - Human can talk. Animals cannot talk. So,animals are not human.
     11)Begging the Question
       -Johnny: “Why you are not in mood?”

         Elsa: “Because my mood is not good.”

       -Drag racing will cause the death of people. This is because many people die in drag racing.

1.       Personal attack 

-We shouldn’t believe George because he is ugly. 

-You don’t have the qualification to be the class leader because you are not the smartest person in the class. 

 

2.       Attacking the motive 

-My sister keeps asking me to walk faster because she wants to buy her idol’s magazine. 

-Jennifer persuades me to buy this cosmetic product because she wants to see the results. 

 

3.       Look who’s talking 

-Dad: “ You should change your shirt because it looks too sexy ”. 

 Me: “ I don’t think I should change it because your shirt is also look sexy”. 

-Dad: “Samson, you should quit smoking now because it is unhealthy.” 

 Samson: “I don’t agree with you because you are smoking too.” 

 

4.       Two wrong make a right 

-I don’t want to visit their booth because they also don’t visit our booth. 

-Amy doesn’t feel guilty about what she had done on Max just because everyone does so. 

 

5.       Scare tactics 

-If you don’t buy me the iphone X, I will run away from house. 

-You should respect me if now I will fire you because my father is the director of this company. 

 

6.       Appeal to pity 

-I have donate all my money for the charity, can you lend me some money? 

-You should let me sit for the examinations even though I was late because I was just met with a car accident. 

 

7.       Bandwagon argument 

-Alicia chooses A as her answer on question 2, so the answer of question 2 must be A. 

-Most of my secondary school friends chose to work to earn money rather than to enter University to continue their studies. Therefore, I should work too and give up on my studies. 

 

8.       Straw man fallacies 

-Child: “ Can I watch movie with my friends later?” 

 Mom: “You never do your homework and hang out with your friends everyday.” 

-Emily: “Hey, I will call you when I am free from work.” 

 Kyle: “Why are you ignoring me all these days? Are you tired of our relationship? Is that you met someone who treats you better than I do? Let’s break up! I am done with you! 

 

9.       Red Herring 

-When I tell my mom that I want to buy an Iphone and she tell me that she is hungry. 

- I think that Ally is more suitable than Cathy to be the class leader because she is the smartest and prettiest one in our class. 

 

10.   Equivocation 

-Most of the lady like to wear sport shoes. Ali likes to wear sport shoe. So, Ali is a lady. 

- People with tattoos are usually consider as offenders. 

  Tattoo is an art. 

  Therefore, Offenders are artists. 

 

11.   Begging for question 

-We shouldn’t take drug because drug is harmful. 

-“Why are you like this!” 

“Because I don’t like this!” 

4. Two Wrongs Make A Right
-He takes my pen and I also takes his pencil.
-He makes my place become dirty and I throw rubbish in his place.

5. Scare tactics
-If you don't help me and I will let u know how powerful am I.
-You should buy some foods for me otherwise your homework can't finish this afternoon.

6. Appeal to Pity
-I am late because my leg is painful until now.
-Please buy my food because I prepare for the whole night.

7.Bandwagon Argument
-Most of my friend like to eat chocolate so I like chocolate too.
-This product has a good demand so I choose this product.

8.Straw man
-Me:"She is pretty."
 Girlfriend:"You say I am not pretty?" 
-Girlfriend:"If your mom and I drop into the sea, Who will you save first?"
 Me:"Mom first."
 Girlfriend:"You do not love me!"

9. Red Herring
-I want to choose Ray to my groupmate because he is cute.
My father wants me to learn how to drive because I am short.

10.Equivocation
-Boys have hair. Girls have hair. So boys are girls. 
-Brother must same with the father. Father is big. So brother is big.

11. Begging the question
-Chanelle:"Why this answer is A?"
Me:"Because this answer is A."
-Father:"Put my chair on the road."
Me:"Why put on the road?"
Father:"I want you to put on the road and just put it, I like it!"

- Ah Seng: I don't like nasi lemak.
   Haffiz: I can't believe that you are a racism.

9. Red Herring
-  He received a fine of RM200 for illegal parking. He is the son of a billionaire. So, the fine is invalid. 
- Shirley is famous in the HOLLYWOOD, so when she do something wrong, she will be forgiven.

10. Equivocation
-  Having a goal is very important. Do you mean achieving a goal in football or setting a goal in life? 
- Fish is very delicious, mammal is very delicious. So, fish is a mammal.

11. Begging the Question
-  Let us have a meeting today because it is my decision to do so. 
- Roti canai is unhealthy because it uses too much oil to cook.

-My friend tells me I should do more exercise, but have you seen how fat she is?

-He may be a qualitied candidate, but he cooks like a gang leader, so I won’t choose him.

 

2.       Attacking The Motive

-John said he wanted to become famous on Facebook so let’s just watch him to disgrace.

-Those scientists are only promoting global warming because they want more funding.

 

3.       Look Who’s Talking

-Alan:” You should not eat those fast food.”

 Martin: “What are you talking about? You ate a burger just now.”

-Susan: “Will you please slow down? You’re over the speed limit.”

 Ali: “Why I should listen to you? You got a speeding ticket yesterday.”

 

4.       Two Wrongs Make A Right

-“Why we need to line up? Isn’t that everyone is rushing to the fore?”

-“Why you punish me, teacher? He punch me first.”

 

5.       Scare Tactics

-I sure will sue you if you did not let me own the property that left by father.

-“If you choose him, you will die early.”

 

6.       Appeal To Pity

-Eve: “Carmen, please help me to do the quiz because I just have a fight with my boyfriend.”

-“You should give me an A because my cat has been sick.”

 

7.       Bandwagon Argument

-Nowadays it is popular to go to the night club with friends. Therefore, you should go too.

-A lot of MMU students smoke cigarettes. So, you should smoke too.

 

8.       Straw Man Fallacy

-Carmen: “We should tidy up our room. It is very dirty.”

 Joan: “Why we should tidy up now? We have clean it up a few weeks ago.”

 Carmen: “I never said anything about tidying up everyday. You are just feel lazy to work on it.” 

-Joan: “Let’s go to the movies.”

 Jason: “No, I’d rather not today.”

 Joan: “You never want to have fun.”

 

9.       Red Herring

-I think we should not buy the snacks and drinks at here because the seller might think we are not afford to pay for it.

-“You shouldn’t vote for him because he doesn’t like cat.”

 

10.   Equivocation

-Popular is selling different types of books so you should establish your own book and sell at there so you will become popular.

-Hot dogs are better than nothing. Nothing is better than you. Therefore, hot dogs are better than you.

 

11.   Begging The Question

-I want to eat ice-cream because my mind just thought about it.

-Student cannot cheat because he is an honest person.

• You should stop making friends with us because you are too short. 

• Yikshien is nominated for student of the year, which is voted by his classmates. Daniel says that he would never vote for him because he is too tall. 

2. Attacking the motive

• Sharon will only come find us when she need to increase her product sales. 

• My mum want us to study hard so that we can teach our younger sister.

3. Look who’s talking

• Dad: Don’t smoke.

Jason: You smoke too.

• Bryan: Don’t cheat in exam.

William: You are the one who cheat in

exam also.

4. Two wrongs make a right

• We do not believe him because he never

believed us.

•  My brother told me not to play games but he always play it, so as I .

5. Scare tactics

• If you do not want to change a new one for me, I will complain you.

• If you did not do your homework again, I will confiscate your cell phone.

6. Appeal to pity

• Today I did not come to class is because I am not feeling feel, but I did not have MC.

• Please forgive me for being late because yesterday I had some important things to do.

7. Bandwagon argument

• I think that study is not so good for us, let’s go shopping.

• Let’s play computer games first, ignore homework.

8. Straw man fallacy

• Ivy: You’re so beautiful today.

Yuri: Do you mean that I was ugly

yesterday?

• Wei: I am full now, I will eat

dinner later.

Mum: Do you mean my cooking skills are

not good?

9. Red herring

• I choose Elin as group leader because she is beautiful.

• When I tell my friend that I am hungry, she wants to go to library.

10. Equivocation

• A cold sky-juice is better than a cold beer. So, nothing is better than a cold beer, and a cold sky-juice is better than nothing.

• All fruits are sweet. Lemon is sour. So, lemon is not fruit. 

11. Begging the question 

• Everyone wants the new sneaker because it is the hottest new gadget on the market!

-Boby hairstyle is ugly, so he can't find a girl friend.

-Marry is a poor person, so we don't be friend with her.

 

2.Attacking the motive

-Danny says peter is not dare to drive faster on highway road, but peter is a competitive person, so he drive faster.

-Ali always use money to persuade us for doing things for him.

 

3.look who's looking

-James:"Please queue before you buy somethings.

Curry:You cut in lone first.If you queue properly i aslo will follow.

-Mom:why you always rinse your hairs.

Son:But your hairs also rinse with many colours many times.

 

4.two wrong make a right

-teacher lazy to mark ours homework, so better we no need do.

-Lily steals my pencil, so i steals back her pencil.

 

5.Scare tactis

-"If you not did the car test properly, i will not let you pass."

-"If you bully lily again, i will kill you!"

 

6.Appeal to Pity 

-I know i hurt your feeling. Could you forgive me because i was busy with my work.

-I know i cause the accident to happen. Could you just forgive me because my girlfriend want to have a break with me.

 

7.Bandwagon Argument

-Jake likes to read and would rather do than play sports. Her friends make fun of her and tell her that reading is for nerds. Katie stops reading so much and starts to play sports more. 

-Marie notices that many of her friends have started eating a chicken breast,drinking protein shakes and go to the gym. Marie decides that this must be the healthy way to live, so she joins them.

 

8.Straw Man Fallacy

-Pamela is the class monitor. She says that she thinks that the class should do more service projects. Mark says he can't believe that Pamela doesn't support the annual school event.

-Student tells his professor that he thinks some of Donald Trump's positions have merit. Professor says he can't believe that the student believes in support racism.

 

9.Red Herring

-Ali isn’t the best student in the school. Most best student score high score in every exam. We all know Ali is bad in math. Therefore, Ali isn’t the best student in the school.

-Most people criticize Abu doesn’t stay with his parents. But Abu is rich and popular. Clearly, the criticism of Abu is unwarranted.

 

10.Equivocation

-The diviner told me I should have faith. I have faith that my son will do well in school this year.Therefore, the my son should be happy with me.

-A feather is light.What is light cannot be dark.Therefore, a feather cannot be dark.

 

11.Begging the answer

-You cannot drink smoothies because smoothies is a cold drink.

-Roller coaster is unsafe because is it dangerous.