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Bandwagon Fallacy Thesis Statement
“This familiar strategy makes the claim that everybody is doing this and thinking that”(Goshgarian and Krueger 48). The ad has a bandwagon fallacy because the ad states that everyone loves there smoothies, so the reader will also. By saying that everyone likes the smoothies, the reader will want to go and purchase one to not feel left out. This ad has incorrect logic because it is not a fact that everyone in the entire world loves the company’s fruit smoothies. Instead it would be more logical if the ad included reasons like there cheap prices or all the different flavors a person could choose
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