Rain fell the evening after a village dance, so someone says the dance brought it. That fallacy is the:
ABandwagon call
BBait and switch
CSlippery slope
DCausal fallacy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Causal fallacy
1. One event merely followed the other.
2. Order is mistaken for cause.
3. It is the causal fallacy.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._
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