Exercise Now that you have read about five common logical fallacies, read the excerpts below, indicate which fallacy is at play (if any), and then explain why.

1) "That's all there is," my father said. "War and peace with nothing in between. It's always one or another." (Taken from "Because My Father Always Said. . ." by Sherman Alexie)

2) Scout says, "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." (Taken from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)

3) "Damn pack of crazy fools," says Old Man Warner after being told that some people want to give up the lottery. "Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more. Live that way for awhile." (Taken from "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson)

4) "There's always been a lottery," asserts Old Man Warner in defense of keeping the lottery. (Taken from "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson)

5) As my white friends revived me and prepared to take me to the emergency room where doctors would later diagnose my diabetes, the Chicano teacher ran up to us. "Hey," he said. "What's that boy been drinking? I know all about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young." (Taken from "Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie)

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