Syllogisms

Correct
1.)
-Yeast causes bread dough to rise
-Pan au rustic (a bread) rises
-Pan au rustic contains yeast

2.)
-Players get hurt in contact sports
-Football is a contact sport
-Players get hurt in football

3.)
-All primary colors have a secondary color
-Red is a primary color
-Red has a secondary color

4.)
-Convex lenses can start fires
-Tom wears glasses with convex lenses
-Tom could start a fire

Incorrect
1.)
-All #2 wooden pencils are yellow
-My pencil is a #2
-My pencil is yellow
~This is wrong because not all #2 wooden pencils are yellow,for example the seasonal printed pencils(i.e. Christmas).

2.)
-The Red Sox beat the Yankees
-The Yankees beat the White Sox
-The Red Sox can beat the White Sox
~This is wrong because this is not necessarily true. Perhaps the White Sox were down a player when the Yankees beat them.

3.)
-Blondes are stupid
-Wanda is blonde
-Wanda is stupid
~This is wrong because not all blondes are stupid, that is a sterotype. A counter example might be any blonde in this AP class (i.e.-Kerri, Nathaniel, etc.)

4.)
-Siblings share rooms
-Jon and Janet are siblings
-Jon and Janet share a room
~This is wrong because not all siblings share rooms, I am sure that several people in this AP class can prove this.