Teneesha told her sister that she almost always feels nervous when speaking to people other than her immediate family members or closest friends, but desperately wants to feel accepted by others. Teneesha most likely communicates for reasons of

a. inclusion.
b. pleasure.
c. relaxation.
d. control.
e. escape

a

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In Heather's speech against breastfeeding in public, she says, "These women are angry because we won't let them flash their breasts at strangers in public! What decent person wants to see that?" Because Heather is trying to refute an argument that supporters of breastfeeding in public never actually made, Heather is engaging what type of fallacy?

A. straw man fallacy B. appeal to false authority C. slippery slope D. red herring fallacy

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