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Trish Harris: I think increasing the school day will raise our

students' test scores in comparison to other schools in our
district.
Dan Richardson: Trish Harris thinks that our kids are the
worst students in the whole school district!
Which logical fallacy does the example contain?

A. Straw man

B. Begging the question

C. Ad hominem
D. False causality

User Ove S
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Answer: straw man

Step-by-step explanation:

User BlackLabrador
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Answer:

D. False Causality

Step-by-step explanation:

All Trish said was "He thought more learning would help increase an average kids test score. Dan Richardson accused him of something he did say at all, so it would be D. FALSE CAUSALITY.

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