- Begging The Question: All of my friends want the new PS5 because it is the best console in stores!
2. Ad Hominem: You shouldn’t vote for Bernie Sanders because he likes to eat chips and candy all day.
3. Equivocation: I have the right to eat fast food because I have not eaten all day.
4. Slippery Slope: Mark has an issue with procrastination. He puts off all his homework until it is the last minute. This doesn’t bode well for Mark as he has 5 assignments due on the same day. Mark did not get any of them done because he’ll do it “tomorrow”.
5. Straw Man: Employee: It will be $1 extra for additional toppings is that fine? Customer: Are you trying to take all of my money? I can’t believe you asked me that.
6. Tu Quoque: Since Andrew is allowed to drink at his house with his parents so can I!
7. Non-Sequitur: Our ancestors used to drink everyday! That means it’s okay for me to drink everyday!
8. False Dichotomy: If you don’t support all of the United States’ decisions, then you’re against us!
9. Argument From Ignorance: I’ve played chess three times and have won all three times, I must be the best chess player to ever live.
10. Red Herring: Customer: So how much does it cost including a warranty?
Employee: It has the latest technology and it highly recommended by the top execs in Silicon Valley, will it be cash or card?
11. Slippery Slope: “I don’t feel like going to the gym today so it’s okay to not go” (Consequently ends up not going to the gym for 2 weeks in a row).
12. Red Herring: Friend: Kawhi Leonard is the best player in basketball and it’s not close.
Me: But he doesn’t even drive a fancy car or have a mansion so he can’t be the best.
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