Which of the following employs an ad hominem fallacy? A. Studies suggest that joining a team sport has both physical and
mental benefits.
B. Joining team sport helps students learn skills such as teamwork
because students work together as a team.
C. Some students didn't try out for the basketball team last year, and
they had lower grades the next semester.
D. Kids who do not try out for the basketball team are lazy and waste
their time playing video games.

D

Explanation:

A is positive. It says that there are benefits to joining a team. The answer is not A.

B is the same thing so the answer is not B either.

C There is nothing person in C, but it might require proof.

The answer is D because the tone is derogatory. Certainly a better statement can be made other than using video games as an argument.

b. the poet identifies with private people.

    in the stanza, dickinson states she doesn't wish to seek fame and recognition from the public eye. nor is she afraid of authority figures, and you can definitely tell she isn't hiding something. more as she identifies with private people, who are not known by the community