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Appendix E

Critical Analysis Forms

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|Source 1 Title and Citation: Disclaimer: You have requested a machine translation of selected content from our databases. This |
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|Black Women Are Too Often Singled Out as the Ones Who Oppose Interracial Dating |
|Nadra Kareem, "Interracial Dating: Black Women Aren't the Only Foes of Interracial Romance," Racialicious, June 12, 2009. |
|www.racialicious.com |

| | |Black women are often singled out as the ones who are against interracial |
|1 |Identify the principal issue presented by the |dating when it’s actually a factor in the white race too. |
| |source. | |
| | |The author is biased because she feels that if she is having problems with |
|2 |Identify any examples of bias presented by the |interracial dating that others are also. |
| |author. If none exist, explain how you | |
| |determined this. | |
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|3 |Identify any areas that are vague or ambiguous.| |
| |If none exist, explain how you determined this.| |
| | |I find that the sources is credible due to her work being published in |
|4 |Do you find the source credible? Explain your |credible sources. The author is also not biased when recognizing who is and|
| |reasoning. |isn’t critical to interracial dating. |
| | | |
|5 |Identify and name any rhetorical devices used | |
| |by the author. If none exist, explain how you | |
| |determined this. | |
| | | |
|6 |Identify and name any fallacies used by the | |
| |author. If none exist, explain how you | |
| |determined this. | |
| | |Black women aren’t the only ones with problems against interracial dating. |
|7 |State one argument made by the author. | |
| | |The premise is that black women are not the only ones against interracial |
|8 |Identify the premises and conclusion of the |dating. The conclusion of the argument is that this true. Other races of |
| |argument. |women have issues with interracial dating. |
| | |The author’s argument is valid, sound and strong. She has encountered her |
|9 |Is the author’s argument valid or invalid, |fair share of other races that have problems with her dating a white man. |
| |sound or unsound, strong or weak? Explain how | |
| |you determined this. | |
| | |The author doesn’t use moral reasoning. She speaks on what she has seen and|
|10 |Does the author use moral reasoning? If not, |read. Nothing about what she believes. |
| |explain how you determined this. | |

|Source 2 Title and Citation: Interracial Marriage Is Increasingly Common |
|Husna Haq, "Interracial Marriage: More than Double the Rate in the 1980s," Christian Science Monitor, June 4, 2010. |
|www.csmonitor.com. Copyright © 2010 by Husna Haq. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission. |

| | |While interracial marriages were uncommon years ago they are becoming |
|1 |Identify the principal issue presented by the |increasingly common. |
| |source. | |
| | |The author shows no biasness. He only is presenting facts with statistical |
|2 |Identify any examples of bias presented by the |information to back him up. |
| |author. If none exist, explain how you | |
| |determined this. | |
| | | |
|3 |Identify any areas that are vague or ambiguous.|There aren’t any areas of vagueness. The author covers all grounds. |
| |If none exist, explain how you determined this.| |
| | |I find that this source is credible. Because it speaks of statistics. |
|4 |Do you find the source credible? Explain your | |
| |reasoning. | |
| | | |
|5 |Identify and name any rhetorical devices used | |
| |by the author. If none exist, explain how you | |
| |determined this. | |
| | | |
|6 |Identify and name any fallacies used by the | |
| |author. If none exist, explain how you | |
| |determined this. | |
| | | |
|7 |State one argument made by the author. | |
| | | |
|8 |Identify the premises and conclusion of the | |
| |argument. | |
| | | |
|9 |Is the author’s argument valid or invalid, | |
| |sound or unsound, strong or weak? Explain how | |
| |you determined this. | |
| | | |
|10 |Does the author use moral reasoning? If not, | |
| |explain how you determined this. | |

|Source 3 Title and Citation: The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Crime.Grant, Robert. "The Death Penalty Does Not Deter Crime." |
|Opposing Viewpoints:Problems of Death. Ed. David A. Becker. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006 |
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| | |Capital punishment as an act of violent revenge which fails to prevent crime|
|1 |Identify the principal issue presented by the |but instead breeds more violence. |
| |source. | |
| | |The author doesn’t admit factors why capital punishment could be allowed. |
|2 |Identify any examples of bias presented by the |Information that has already been settled is the only information presented.|
| |author. If none exist, explain how you |He only presents statistics that confirm his supposition. |
| |determined this. | |
| | |Vagueness-Retributive justice has a bad history however as it has |
|3 |Identify any areas that are vague or ambiguous.|historically been used to enforce a class society by oppressing the poor and|
| |If none exist, explain how you determined this.|protecting the rich. This claim needs more details and clarification. |
| | | |
| | |This source is credible because it represents a good support of my |
|4 |Do you find the source credible? Explain your |background knowledge information. They coincide with my personal |
| |reasoning. |observation and information found from other credible sources. |
| | |Euphemism- he uses “petty” in addition to offenders to make it sound better |
|5 |Identify and name any rhetorical devices used |and more meaningful. |
| |by the author. If none exist, explain how you |Stereotype- police officers are included into a category of righteous people|
| |determined this. |while all law breakers are brutal. |
| | |Arguments from outrage- when we impose severe and excessive punishment when |
|6 |Identify and name any fallacies used by the |we seek eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, a life for a life when we seek |
| |author. If none exist, explain how you |revenge on lawbreakers by some clumsy authentic we call it justice, |
| |determined this. | |
| | |Where were the caring family members, helpful friends, concerned teachers |
|7 |State one argument made by the author. |and supportive social workers when that criminal was a child being abused |
| | |and neglected . who loved that child? |
| | |Community violence toward children turn some of them into criminals. |
|8 |Identify the premises and conclusion of the |Children who are loved and cared form don’t become criminals. Criminals |
| |argument. |aren’t born criminals but are made criminals. |
| | |The author has a good inductive argument and also a strong one. Its |
|9 |Is the author’s argument valid or invalid, |premises are good support to the conclusion. The premise and conclusion is |
| |sound or unsound, strong or weak? Explain how |more likely to be true therefore it is a strong argument. |
| |you determined this. | |
| | |Yes the author uses moral reasoning. Retributive justice means the criminal|
|10 |Does the author use moral reasoning? If not, |must be made to pay for the crime that demands the scales of justice be |
| |explain how you determined this. |balanced. |

|Source 4 Title and Citation: Capital Punishment Should Be Considered in Certain Child Rape Cases |
|Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, "Supreme Court of the United States, No. 07-343, Patrick Kennedy, Petitioner v. Louisiana," June 25, |
|2008. |

| | |Even though the child rape is not punishable by death penalty there are some|
|1 |Identify the principal issue presented by the |cases of child rape that the death penalty should be considered. |
| |source. | |
| | |The author is bias because he feels that the death penalty in some rape |
|2 |Identify any examples of bias presented by the |cases should be considered depending in the sadistic degree of the rape, how|
| |author. If none exist, explain how you |young the child was, or how many times the child was raped. |
| |determined this. | |
| | |The author needs to include information on what does happen to child rapist |
|3 |Identify any areas that are vague or ambiguous.|instead of just saying that they aren’t put on the death penalty. |
| |If none exist, explain how you determined this.| |
| | | |
|4 |Do you find the source credible? Explain your | |
| |reasoning. | |
| | |Hyperbole- the author says “no matter how young the child is, no matter how |
|5 |Identify and name any rhetorical devices used |many times the child was raped, no matter how many children the perpetrator |
| |by the author. If none exist, explain how you |rapes,” the author goes on and on. A child rapist is a child rapist |
| |determined this. |regardless. |
| | |Arguments from outrage. |
|6 |Identify and name any fallacies used by the | |
| |author. If none exist, explain how you | |
| |determined this. | |
| | |He argues that the law protects the accused instead of the victim. |
|7 |State one argument made by the author. | |
| | |The law in these cases cut off the normal democratic process in these cases |
|8 |Identify the premises and conclusion of the | |
| |argument. | |
| | |The author’s argument is valid sound,, and strong. The premise and the |
|9 |Is the author’s argument valid or invalid, |conclusion are most likely to be true. |
| |sound or unsound, strong or weak? Explain how | |
| |you determined this. | |
| | |Yes. He ask is it really true that every person who is convicted of capital|
|10 |Does the author use moral reasoning? If not, |murder and sentenced to death is more morally depraved than every child |
| |explain how you determined this. |rapist? |