Is the following situation Valid or Invalid? 1. My teacher Mr. Hill is a jackass.
2. All jackasses have long ears. Therefore, my teacher Mr. Hill has long ears.

Invalid-invalid. if the meaning of jackass was the same in both premises then it would be valid. but clearly were using the term in two different senses in each of the premises. in the first premise were using jackass metaphorically, as an insult. in the second premise were using it literally, to refer to a type of animal with long ears. since these terms no longer refer to the same thing, the logic is broken and the conclusion doesnt follow.arguments like this commit the fallacy known as equivocation, which involves using the same term with two different meanings in an argument. here wed say that this argument equivocates on the meaning of jackass.