1. Some years ago, after not having seen my best friend from Duckwood High School for several years, we met for lunch and were surprised to find that our clothes and hairstyles were the same! The only possible explanation for this is that we both went to Duckwood High.

Question

Answer: False cause

2. Some regular churchgoers believe that taxpayers' dollars should not be used to fund laboratories that carry out tests on animals for medical research. Hence, it is wrong to go on spending taxpayers' dollars for that purpose.
Answer: weak analogy

3.The Internet is a great technological advance and is available to many people. Space travel is another great technological advance. Thus space travel is available to many people.
Answer: Weak analogy

4. There is no extraterrestrial life. After all, no one has ever found observable data to support the claim that such life exists.

Answer: Appeal to ignorance

5. The attorneys for the prosecution were not able to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that Hinckley was sane when he fired at President Reagan. We know this because Hinckley's own lawyers declared that at the end of the trial. So, we have no choice but to conclude that he was insane.
Answer: False cause and appeal to unqualified authority

Answer 1

1 - no
2 - There's no analogy here at all! Did you read the definition I posted to you yesterday?
3 - No analogy!
4 - maybe. Over generalization?
5 - I agree

Answer 2

#1 Hasty generalization
#2 appeal to unqualified authority
#3 False cause
#4 Appeal to unqualified authority