Recommended Practice: Fallacies of Language Handout #1 - Answer Key

1. Vague - Vague Comparison 
2. Vague - Hyperbole 
3. Vague - Euphemism 
4. Vague - Hyperbole
5. Vague - Weasel Word 
6. Overgeneral
7. Vague - Weasel Word
8. Vague - Vague Comparison
9. Vague - Hyperbole
10. Vague - Euphemism 
11. Vague - Weasel Word 
12. Vague - Vague Comparison 
13. Vague - Hyperbole 
14. Ambiguous
15. Overgeneral 
16. Vague - Euphemism 
17. Vague - Hyperbole 
18. Vague - Vague Comparison 
19. There are two fallacies of language. "Could" is a weasel word. "Assignment" is overgeneral. 
20. There are two fallacies of language. "Some employees" is overgeneral. "Dislocated" is an euphemism.
21. Ambiguity 
22. Euphemism 
23. Overgeneral
24. Weasel Word 
25. Euphemism 
26. Vague - Weasel Word
27. Overgeneral
28. Vague - Hyperbole
29. Vague - Euphemism
30. There are multiple fallacies of language. "Acts like a dog in heat" is hyperbolic. "Flatulates more often than he breathes" is hyperbolic. "Always as loud as an atomic bomb exploding" is hyperbolic. "The last time he bathed George Washington was President of the United States" is hyperbolic. "Always acts like he’s smarter" is hyperbolic and a vague comparison. "Might" is a weasel word.
31. Vague - Hyperbolic 
32. There are two fallacies of language. "Might" is a weasel word. "Revenue generation adjustments" is an euphemism.
33. There are four fallacies of language. Both references to "love" are hyperbolic. "Politics" is overgeneral. "Helping people" is vague. 
34. Overgeneral  
35. Vague - Weasel Word  
36. Vague - Vague Comparison 
37. Vague - Weasel Word 
38. Vague - Hyperbole  
39. Vague - Euphemism  
40. There are two fallacies of language. "In your heart" is hyperbolic. "Right" is ambiguous. 
41. Ambiguity 
42. Vague - Weasel Word 
43. Vague - Vague Comparison 
44. Vague - Hyperbole
45. Vague - Hyperbole 
46. Vague - Euphemism
47. Vague - Hyperbole
48. Vague - Euphemism
49. Vague
50. Vague - Hyperbole