A shop advertises cheap phones, then changes the terms once you have agreed to come in. That fallacy is:
ABait and switch
BPersonal attack
CSlippery slope
DCausal fallacy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Bait and switch
1. The first point was easy to accept.
2. The terms shifted afterwards.
3. It is bait and switch.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._
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