pg. 195 #1, 2, 3, 6.

1. Write a bad argument in favor of affirmative action whose only premises appeal to pity.

Jake and Kate’s house has recently burned down leaving them with nothing right now. When their family found out that their house burned down, each family member of theirs decided to put on a garage sale to some how raise money for them. Since their house burned down they lost a majority of their things including their money.

2. Find an advertisement that uses apple polishing. Is it a good argument?

It is a good argument because the advertisement about quick trim is telling us is convincing people that if you use it you will have 14 days to have a slimmer body. It may however be true, depending on how you decide to use it but I view it as a good argument.

http://kimkardashian.celebuzz.com/2010/01/special-quick-trim-discount-fo.php

3. Find an advertisement that uses an appeal to fear. Is it a good argument?

It is a good argument because in the advertisement they are promoting that if you go on freecreditreport.com you can get a free copy of your credit report in that same year. The advertisement also mentions that if you use their website you will be able to see if someone has been hacking into your credit card which is a good thing for people because you may really never know if your credit card has been hacked or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMXv0__CYSU

6. Give an example of an appeal to spite that invokes what someone believes. (Hint: Look at political speeches.) Is it a good argument? 

Janey: Hey, Jennie. Want to grab lunch with Kate and I?

Jennie: Yeah sure that sounds like fun.

Jennie: (Texting Sabrina that she is going to grab lunch with Kate and Janey.)

Sabrina: (Texts Jennie back and says Kate and Janey were saying bad things about you the other day.)

It is not a good argument because it is not even an argument in the first place. However, we can turn it into an argument by including the text messages between Jennie and Sabrina. There would have to be a premise to make it an argument and the perfect premise would be, “You should not hang out with people who have talked about you behind your back.”