1. you can generally determine whether fallacies exist in an argument by identifying whether the statement

a. has evidence to back it up
b. gains popular support
c. has anything to do with the conclusion
d. is true or false

2. if an individual is citing extensive family problems as a reason for poor job performance, which of the following fallacies of relevance is the individual employing?
a. appeal to the people
b. missing the point
c. argument against the person
d. appeal to pity

Akeyword should be just as confusing as the word you are trying to learn so you learn to concept them

Which of these can an adverbial clause modify?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?