Read the passage.

The cost of health care is rising in America. The amount that an average family must pay for insurance is simply unaffordable. I know this because my family is an average American family—and we are worried. The people who make decisions about health care do not seem to think about the effect of the rising costs on hardworking people like my husband and me.

Which statement best explains why the evidence provided in the text is a fallacy?

The writer uses an appeal to emotion by portraying her family as abandoned by policy makers.
The writer uses a bandwagon statement by claiming that her family is an “average American family.”
The writer uses an ad hominem argument by attacking those who make healthcare decisions.
The writer uses a false dilemma by stating that insurance is both necessary and unaffordable.

The option that best explains the fallacy where the writer uses an appeal to emotion by portraying her family as abandoned by policymakers, is option (a) or (i).

Why the evidence provided in the text is a fallacy?

Below you can understand the fallacy:

The author makes an emotional appeal by presenting her family as being abandoned by policymakers. As a result, the evidence presented in the text is a fallacy.

Argumentum Ad Misericordiam is a technique for persuading people to accept a conclusion by appealing to their tragic circumstances. In conclusion it it appeal for pity.

Therefore, option (a) or the first choice is the correct answer.

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