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Johnny King English 101 Sally Martin 22 April 2016 Part for the Whole Fallacy Project A “part of the whole” fallacy is when the arguer takes a small part (whether good or bad) of the whole and acts like that small part is indicative for the entire thing. They are also known as composition and division. The composition argument is where part of something is good, so the entire thing must be good. Divisional arguments are the opposite because it assumes that a small part of something makes the entire thing bad or not exist. media type="youtube" key="JELm6peL_sI" width="560" height="315" This video explains what a compositional fallacy is by using the example of a state having some qualities, every state has those qualities. That is incorrect because if Arizona has a dry climate, that doesn’t mean that Kentucky or New York do. media type="youtube" key="ErJiu99KLuE" width="560" height="315" This video at the seven minute thirty second mark has the Republican Steve Drazkowski makes the fallacy that climate change doesn’t exists because it snowed in May of 2011 in Minnesota. The problem with his argument is because just because it snowed that year in May, that doesn’t mean that climate change can’t exists.