Read this excerpt from the persuasive essay, "Saying No to Phosphates." Then, answer the question below.
Phosphates are going to destroy our water supply if we don’t stop using them soon. They have already caused serious damage to rivers and lakes throughout the country. Companies that use phosphates in the manufacture of detergents don’t care about the environment. They only care about making money. That’s why they opposed the laws that ban phosphates from detergents. So, if phosphates are not banned in detergents, let’s not use detergents at all.

In the 1970s, when people first started worrying about phosphates, the detergent companies said that soap without phosphates wouldn’t clean clothes and dishes properly. I think using water to wash clothes and dishes is good enough. It won’t pollute the environment, and we will have a cleaner planet. Water is a good cleaning agent. In the past, our ancestors did not have soaps and detergents and they managed well. We can also do the same if we put our mind to it.
Which logical fallacy is evident in this excerpt?
A.
False dichotomy
B.
Ad hominem
C.
Ad populum
D.
Post hoc

answer: j

explanation:

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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