Identify the fallacy or rhetorical device that best applies to the following passage:  Judges should not hand down anything but maximum sentences for all convicted criminals. If you start making exceptions, prosecutors will start asking for lighter sentences. Next thing you know, every criminal will be getting off with mere warnings.

Identify the fallacy or rhetorical device that best applies to the following passage:I cannot wait until the USA Today columnist starts acting his age and retires. What a waste of editorial space. His op-ed column on Sunday was absolutely stupid.

What is the implicit premise that would make the following argument valid? Senator Brost should resign! Any politician who is caught taking bribes should resign. 

Consider the following argument: 1. Every day in October is in the fall season (meteologically speaking, in North America).  2. October 12th is in October.  3. October 12th is in the fall.   This argument is . . . 

What implicit premise will make the following valid? Taslima did not criticize U.S. military action in the Gulf War. She must be a hawk. 

Consider the following argument:All Presidents of U.S. must be U.S. citizens.Trump is a U.S citizen.Trump is President of the U.SThis argument is . . . 

Consider the following argument:(1) 5,000 of 10,000 Missourians in a random sampling said that they approved of the president’s performance. (2) About 50% of all Missourians probably approve of the the president’s performance.This argument is . . . 

What best describes the kind of fallacious reasoning in following?Of course you should have your nose pierced. “Body modification” is all the rage these days. 

If the following contains an argument, identify its conclusion: Which If students were environmentally aware, they would object to the endangering of any species of animal.  The well-known Greenwood white squirrel has become endangered as it has disappeared from the Lander Campus because the building of the library destroyed its native habitat.  Sadly, not a single Lander student objected.

Put the following argument in “standard form”: I know that Wanda rode her bike to work today because when she arrived at work she had her right pant leg rolled up (which cyclists do in order to keep their pants legs from getting caught in the chain). Moreover, our coworker, Bob, who works in accounting, saw her riding towards work at 7:45 am.