Question

Claim: All high school students should be required to wear school uniforms.

counterclaim makes a straw man fallacy?
A. School uniforms, in general, look ridiculous on students.
B. Making students wear plaid and khaki shorts is demeaning.
C. Uniforms are too expensive for schools with budget problems.
D. School uniforms lessen students' individuality creativity.

Answer 1

B). Making students wear plaid and khaki shorts is demeaning.

Step-by-step explanation:

'Straw man fallacy' is demonstrated as the flaw in reasoning that involves misconceiving the opponent's argument or claims in order to make it convenient to neglect their claim. Such a fallacy primarily intends to refute the opposition's claim by attacking the 'straw man' or perve-rted version of their statement and ignores the actual idea of the original claim(which they find difficult to contradict).

As per the question, the 'straw man' or distorted version of the given claim would be 'Making students wear plaid and khaki shorts is demeaning' as it misinterprets the actual idea('All high school students must be required to wear school uniforms') behind the original claim and attacks the loose end of the argument with the chief aim to neglect the opponent's claim. Thus, option B is the correct answer.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B because the argument of plaid and khaki shorts is a straw man fallacy which is not an argument against school uniforms. According to straw man fallacy, plaid and khaki shorts is a similar proposition in the argument, but it is a false one.