Read the passage.
Which statement best explains why the evidence provided
in the text is a fallacy?
The cost of health care is rising in America. The amount
that an average family must pay for insurance is simply
unaffordable. I know this because my family is an average
American family-and we are worried. The people who
make decisions about health care do not seem to think
about the effect of the rising costs on hardworking people
like my husband and me.
The writer uses an appeal to emotion by portraying her
family as abandoned by policy makers
The writer uses a bandwagon statement by claiming that
her family is an "average American family."
The writer uses an ad hominem argument by attacking
those who make healthcare decisions.
The writer uses a false dilemma by stating that
insurance is both necessary and unaffordable.
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