Begging the question: The writer present as truth what is not yet proven by the argument. For example, in the statement "All useless laws such as Reform Bill 13 should be repealed," the writer has already pronounced the bill useless without assuming responsibility for proving that accusation. Similarly, the statement "Professor on our campus who are using their classroom solely for preaching their political ideas should be fired" begs the question (that is, tries like a begger to get something for nothing from the reader) because the writer gives no evidence for what must first be argued, not merely asserted-that there are in fact professors on that particular campus using class time solely for spreading their political beliefs.