When you put a ______ in your speech, you lead your audience to consider an irrelevant issue instead of the subject actually under discussion.
A) post hoc, ergo propter hoc
B) slippery slope
C) red herring
D) hasty generalization

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A red herring is a tactic used in speech to distract or mislead the audience by introducing an irrelevant issue that has no relation to the topic at hand. It is often used to shift the focus away from the actual subject being discussed. The other choices are fallacies, but they do not specifically pertain to this tactic of misleading through a distracting issue.

When You Put a ______ in Your Speech, You Lead