had several different examples of bias, rhetorical devices and fallacies in her argument that perused the American people about HIV and AIDS. The political bias in the speech is where Fisher (1992) states, “With the President’s leadership, much good has been done. Much of the good has gone unheralded, and as the President has insisted, much remains to be done.” Throughout the speech, and the tone of the speech is the scare tactic fallacy technique. One example of scare tactic is where Fisher (1992)
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Dr. Oguine Fall 2003 ENGL 2101-ZFE, ZGE & ZCD Persuasive Essay Topic Write a persuasive essay of 3-4 pages on the topic below, using references from the following essays studied in this unit: Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” (348), Andrew Sullivan’s “What Are Homosexuals For?’ (350), Meridel Lesueur’s “Women and Work” (687), and Adrienne Rich’s “What Does a Woman Need to Know?” (65). Provide in-text citations and a Works Cited page in MLA format. Adrienne Rich says that the term
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to small talk with people I do not know very well. One could make an argument that if someone does not appear social or contribute to conversation that they must be rude. This is not a valid argument and is based on the fallacy referred to as hasty generalization. “The fallacy of hasty generalization is committed when one has inadequate support for the conclusion, but one still jumps to a conclusion.” (Mosser, 2011, section 4.2). One may encounter someone who seems a bit more reserved and not
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sides. Parts of the story along with researched information are to be included. · complete your research and document all of your sources cited (used in the essay) · make use of the rhetorical triangle: ethos, logos, and pathos · avoid logical fallacies Objectives: · use invention techniques such as brainstorming, listing, cubing, reporters’ questions, free-writing, and clustering. · organize ideas and supporting details in a clear and effective manner. · express the main idea of an
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argument speculates that low attendance at last year’s fair was related to people being dissatisfied with the rides, games, prizes and food at the fair. This however, was never proven with any polling of residents and it should be considered a logical fallacy to assume that there is any causation between the two events. Had a well designed poll been given to ask the residents if these were relevant concerns than it may be plausible to site causation. This argument also makes the faulty speculation that
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extreme manipulation. Others, however, now believe that the NRA is the devil. Bringing up the NRA in such a negative light was an unfair argument in Bowling for Columbine. It was an ad hominem attack against Charlton Heston. This argument was a logical fallacy, and should be taken out of the
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13). No matter if precautions were taken or not, no one deserves to be raped. Because a victim happens to be raped should not morally mean she be forced to keep a child conceived in this setting. The article seems to be riddled with the ad hominem fallacy because the author
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Mabel is not qualified to lead the school board because she used to drink liquor in her 20s. * Ad hominem: committed by attacking the person who's making an argument, rather than the argument itself. Its common fallacies, it’s a direct attack on someone’s character rather than focusing on his/her arguments. It states that Mabel used to drink that why she is not qualified if a person attack. 2. A child can be either an athlete or a good student. * Either/ or reduces several other alternatives
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Hassan Rasheed BA 3300 9/25/15 Part 1 – Applying the Universal Intellectual Standards: Accuracy: Accuracy is the first infringement of the Universal Intellectual Standards. The statistics of how many minors and females for the company’s total workers is not validated through a non-biased party. UNICEF is a good source to get demographic data in industrial settings and they are more reliable than a union’s statistics. Fairness: Speaker talks about the “little girl…working hour after
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10. That answer is not satisfactory. UNIT 5 - Exercise 1 Please answer the questions in Exercise 6.1 on pages 148–151 of Critical Reasoning. • Please revise the instructions for Question A. You should give your reasons for thinking a given fallacy has been committed as well as identifying it and explaining
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