What fallacious reasoning, through generalization, does the author of "puerto rico" provide in paragraph 3?     (the answer is not a)        a. "the shining star—puerto rico—has been left behind, to languish in the ill-defined status of a territory possessed by and protected by the united states."      b. "being able to decide one's own future through suffrage."      c. "though the united states has granted citizenship to puerto rico's inhabitants since 1917, we lack the key rights of political self-determination that were at the crux of the 1776 american revolution."      d. "puerto ricans have been presented with two options: being governed by a president in washington, d. c., who is not of their choosing, or abandoning their family and homeland to seek full voting rights and political representation."

D. "Puerto Ricans have been presented with two options: being governed by a president in Washington, D.C., who is not of their choosing, or abandoning their family and homeland to seek full voting rights and political representation."

Fallacious reasoning is untrue. Generalizations can be thought of as putting everyone into a specific category even though there are some that might not fit. (Think about cliques in school - One might think that all jocks care about are athletics. This is a generalization because there might be a few who identify as jocks that care about academics or their girl/boyfriend more.) In this case the author is only giving two options for Puerto Ricans and stating them as the only options. There are more options but the author is generalizing because these are the two strongest and best options to support his arguments.