1. “Audience fallacies” make generalizations about the views of a certain group or supposed audience, and sometimes uses non-descript words like “society”. For example, if the writer makes the assumption that all its male readers think women are more attractive with less clothing that is an audience fallacy because all men may not feel this way. “Authorial fallacies” occur when the writer uses facts without proper evidence to support an argument. This could mean statistics that really can’t have and true basis. For example, you can never determine what percentage of women like chocolate; it is an unattainable statistic. It is significant to avoid these fallacies because it significantly weakens an argument.
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