After spending an entire day fishing, Terry came back with a large minnow. But every minnow is a fish. Therefore, Terry came back with a large fish.
A) Appeal to ignorance.
B) Argument against the person, abusive.
C) Equivocation.
D) No fallacy.
E) Amphiboly.

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The fallacy here is equivocation, which occurs when a word is used in two different senses in an argument. In this case, "fish" is used in a general sense (implying something significant) and then in a specific sense (technically true but misleading because a minnow is generally considered a small fish).

After Spending an Entire Day Fishing, Terry Came Back with a Large