Each word in Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" is very ordinary. Therefore, the "Gettysburg Address" must be a very ordinary speech.
A) No fallacy.
B) Appeal to the people.
C) Composition.
D) Division.
E) Hasty generalization.

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The fallacy of composition is assuming that what is true for the individual parts must be true for the whole. In this case, the argument incorrectly assumes that because each word in the "Gettysburg Address" is ordinary, the speech itself must be ordinary, ignoring how the combination of words might create something extraordinary.

Each Word in Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" Is Very Ordinary