16. Did Pelosi commit a fallacy in her statement below?

House Speaker Pelosi, D-Calif., blasted President Trump during a caucus call on Friday for his latest crude attack on former Vice President Joe Biden, accusing him of having become a potty mouth -- before labeling the president disgraceful.

One thing, I do want to say is that, POTUS you know, thats the President POTUS has become a potty mouth and children are listening, Pelosi said. This is this is beyond disgraceful.

	a.	Yes, appeal to emotion
	b.	Yes, poisoning the well
	c.	No, this is rhetoric, not an argument
	d.	No, this is an argument, but not a fallacy

14.

Does the author of this passage commit a fallacy that we have studied?

"Most speech, hateful or not, is protected by the Constitution. To pretend otherwise is foolhardy.

"Thats why 'The First Amendment is not absolute' is usually empty rhetoric, and not a helpful response to the question 'Can the government punish this speech?' The relevant question is 'Does this speech fall into an established exception to the First Amendment, and if not, what does that mean?'

"If Im bitten by a snake on a hike and seek medical attention, and ask the doctor if the snake is venomous, Im not looking for the doctor to assure me that 'not all snakes are venomous.' I want the doctor to use her medical expertise to analyze whether the snake that bit me is venomous."

	a.	Yes, slippery slope
	b.	Yes, appeal to emotion
	c.	Yes, poisoning the well
	d.	No, this is not a fallacy

11.

Does this passage exemplify a fallacy that we have discussed?

"The very fact that 'language' and 'dialect' persist as separate concepts implies that linguists can make tidy distinctions for speech varieties worldwide. But in fact, there is no objective difference between the two."

	a.	Yes, ad hominem
	b.	No, this is not a fallacy of relevance
	c.	No, this is not an argument
	d.	Yes, genetic fallacy
	e.	Yes, this is an argument, but this is not a fallacy

5.

Do the parents talked about in this passage commit a fallacy that we have studied?

"Despite the evidence being so questionable, parents cant seem to quit chiropractors. Indeed, a retrospective study published in 2008 based on data from a chiropractic college in England found that 85 percent of parents reported improvement in their childrens symptoms. Parents who bring their children to a doctor of chiropractic are highly satisfied with the care and experience, says the American Chiropractic Association in a June 2016 statement.

The problem is that most of the pediatric conditions chiropractors treat involve subjective symptoms, and a parents perception often shaped through the lens of exhaustion and frustration is sensitive to numerous placebo effects. Or as Jones puts it, patient satisfaction is a poor stand-in for quality of care, because chiropractors can provide reassurance that their interventions are safe and effective and then take credit when the natural course of the childs symptoms results in a resolution.

a.	This passage contains an argument, but no fallacy
	b.	Yes, begging the question
	c.	No, this passage does not describe a fallacy
	d.	Yes, but this is not a matter of relevance
	e.	Yes, ad hominem