“A Rose for Emily” is narrated in first person plural. Why do you think William Faulkner chose “we” rather than “I” as the voice for the story? How might this narrative strategy be related to the description of Emily as “a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (para. 3)?

Hasty Generalization  

An assumption based with little to  no reasoning/evidence

I went to VA beach and it rained the whole time Virginia always has bad weather

Ad Hominem  

This is an attack on the character of a person rather than her/his opinions or arguments

Green peace stratgies arent effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies.

Circular Reasoning  

Restates the argument rather than actually proving it

Obama is a good communicator because he speaks effectively

Either/Or (Black/White)  

Cliam their are two opion when their are more options

You can either support the tax increase, or say goodbye to all after school activities for our students.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc  

Assuming that what has happened before an event is the cause of a separate event.

The bus broke down before the game and we lost the game. If the bus hadn’t broken down we would have won.

Non Sequitur  

A fallacy committed when a conclusion does not follow logically from the given premise.

People died of cancer before cigarettes were invented so smoking doesnt cause cancer

Slippery Slope  

A conclusion based on the premise that if one thing happens, then something else will, too

If you don't stop smoking cigarettes, then you are going to start shooting heroin

Strawman  

Oversimplifies an opponent's viewpoints and then attacks that hollow argument

People who don't support the proposed state minimum wage increase hate the poor

False Analogy

Many arguments rely on an analogy between two or more objects, ideas, or situations. If the two things that are being compared aren't really alike in the relevant respects, the analogy is a weak one, and the argument that relies on it commits the fallacy of weak analogy.

"Guns are like hammers--they're both tools with metal parts that could be used to kill someone. And yet it would be ridiculous to restrict the purchase of hammers--so restrictions on purchasing guns are equally ridiculous."

Ad baculum  

Using threats or innaporpite rudeness to gain ones belif or a yes

If everybody jumped of a cliff, would you?

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