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Developing an Effective Argument

Question 14 • MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR

What is an ad populum fallacy?

Answer
A
attacking a person instead of their ideas
B
distracting the audience by including unimportant information
C
arguing that something is true because many people believe it
D
exaggerating someone’s claim to make them sound unreasonable

Explanation

An ad populum fallacy treats popularity as proof: it argues that a claim is true because many people believe or support it. That matches “arguing that something is true because many people believe it.”

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