Overly sentimental appealsUse tender emotions to distract readers from factsFalse authorityA fallacy that offers the speaker/writer's authority as the sole reason for believing a claimAd hominema fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in disputeFault causalityFalse connection between two eventsBegging the quesitonwriter or speaker assumes the statement under examination to be true (assuming the initial point)