Recommended Practice: Fallacies of Language Handout #2 - Answer Key

  1. Hyperbole
  2. Vague - Vague Comparison
  3. Vague - Weasel Word
  4. Vague - Hyperbole
  5. Ambiguous
  6. Overgeneral
  7. Vague - Weasel Word AND Overgeneral
  8. Vague - Euphemism
  9. None of the above
  10. Ambiguous
  11. Hyperbole
  12. Overgeneral
  13. Hyperbole
  14. Euphemism
  15. None (It is a Testimonial, which is a Fallacy of Relevance we won't be learning)
  16. Weasel Word
  17. Hyperbole
  18. Vague Comparison
  19. None (It's a Bandwagon Argument, which is a Fallacy of Relevance we'll be learning)
  20. Ambiguity
  21. Weasel Word
  22. Hyperbole
  23. Hyperbole AND Vague Comparison
  24. Overgeneral
  25. Ambiguous
  26. Overgeneral
  27. None
  28. Vague Comparison
  29. Hyperbole
  30. Euphemism
  31. Weasel Word AND Hyperbole.
  32. Hyperbole
  33. Hyperbole
  34. Vague Comparison AND Hyperbole
  35. Hyperbole
  36. Euphemism
  37. Overgeneral
  38. Weasel Word AND Hyperbole
  39. Vague Comparison AND Hyperbole
  40. Ambiguity
  41. Overgeneral
  42. Weasel Word AND Hyperbole
  43. Euphemism
  44. Hyperbole
  45. Vague Comparison
  46. None
  47. None
  48. None
  49. None
  50. None