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Q Read the instructions and follow the map located at the website given above. As you go through the hunt, you will be finding one example for each of the fallacies explained on the map. You must share 3 of your examples (with no repeats - post early!) on this DIscussion Board. To receive full credit your post should include all 3 of your examples. For each fallacy list: 1. Name of Fallacy represented 2. Link to the fallacy (if online) The fallacies occur in the following order in the Scavenger Hunt: 1. Hasty Generalization 2. Circular Reasoning 3. Slippery Slope (new - not in textbook but very similar to False Cause - see note below) 4. Personal Attack - Ad Hominem Attacks 5. Limited Choice - Either/Or choice 6. Straw Man 7. Red Herring Diversion 8. Weak Analogy (new - not in textbook) 9. Appeal to Popularity - Bandwagon Appeals 10. False Cause 11. Scare Tactics (new - not in textbook) 12. Appeal to Emotion - Emotional 13. Appeals to False Authority (new - not in textbook) 14. Appeal to Ignorance - Argument from Ingnorance

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The following is a small discussion of the three fallacies from the given list: a) Slippery Slope: As it has been mentioned on the scavenger hunt page, the slippery slope refers to a fallacy, where it is assumed that an unexpected result can come from a simple act. While searching the internet for an example on the Slippery Slope, I have found a compilation of advertisements of the DirecTV. In all the advertisements the company claims that something, awfully dramatic can be happened from a simple problem, like not having a proper cable connection or having a higher bill for cable (DirecTV, 2014).