Question

Review the example:

Are you going to take political advice from a man who forgets to iron his dress shirt?

Which rhetorical fallacy is best represented by this example?



A. categorical claim

B. stereotyping

C. exaggeration

D. ad hominem

Answer 1

Yes, ad hominem is correct

Answer 2

D. ad hominem

Ad hominem means "to the man." It basically means that you insult someone's person, rather than debating their claim.