A classmate asks Caroline about evidence that seemed questionable in her persuasive speech. Caroline evades the issue by quickly bringing up an irrelevant fact about another point in her speech. What sort of logical fallacy does this illustrate?
A) non sequitur
B) appeal to misplaced authority
C) red herring
D) causal fallacy

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Caroline is using a red herring fallacy by distracting the classmate from the questionable evidence with an irrelevant fact.

A Classmate Asks Caroline About Evidence That Seemed Questionable in Her