Consider the following argument: "Billy-Ray Hoggerty's book Stoned in Muskogee should be awarded this year's Pulitzer Prize for literature. Billy-Ray, as you know, recently lost both his parents, and his favorite coon dog got run over by a truck." Which of the following fallacies has been committed in this argument?
A) the fallacy of attacking the motive
B) the fallacy of personal attack
C) None of the answers are correct
D) the fallacy of appeal to pity

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The argument commits the fallacy of appeal to pity by attempting to persuade that Billy-Ray Hoggerty's book deserves an award based on the unfortunate events in his personal life, rather than the merit of the work itself.

Consider the Following Argument: "Billy-Ray Hoggerty's Book Stoned in Muskogee