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Rachel is writing an essay about online privacy. Read the paragraph from a draft of her paper.

As people spend more time online, privacy is becoming an important issue. Social media sites collect information about their users. This information can be sold to advertisers without the users’ permission. Imagine how you would feel if someone stole your most private information.

What logical fallacy is used in the paragraph?

hyperbole
stereotype
slippery slope
emotional appeal

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Rachel uses emotional appeal. “Imagine how you would feel if someone stole your most private information” uses pathos, an emotional appeal.
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