Post Hoc is a fallacy that is defined simply as A caused B because A happened before B. An example of this would be Tim sneezed in Denver and a couple seconds later, a tornado hit Salina, Kansas. According to the fallacy, Tim's sneeze caused the tornado. In reality there is obviously no correlation between Tim sneezing and a tornado hitting Salina.
In order to avoid this in writing, the writer must give enough detail and supportive ideas/arguments to clearly support their claim.
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