27 June Graded papers and grade reports

o Keep the MLA Argument Paper to refer to the annotation to help you revise and edit your paper on your own.

How to evaluate arguments o Claim/Evidence/Assumption/Inferenceo Advertisements

Logical Fallacy exercises p. 492 Introductions and opposing viewpoints p. 493 Argumentation-persuasion rough draft check and

peer review HW: Read “Entitlement” on p. 521 and provide an

in-depth response to #4 on p. 524 to turn in. Bring clean argumentation-persuasion draft tomorrow.

Chart Definitions Claim – central assertion or proposition of author Evidence – material offered to support a claim Assumptions – belief, principle that writer takes

for granted (explains why the evidence justifies the claim)

Inference – conclusion or judgment from premise

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ClaimBose Noise Reduction headphones will not allow in any sound.

Evidence Man in boat is paddling toward the big waterfall and will get really hurt or die if he goes over the edge, but his facial expression does not show he is aware of the danger.

AssumptionsWaterfalls are loud.If one knew he or she was that close to danger, he or she would be frantically paddling or making some effort to go the opposite direction.

InferenceThe man cannot hear because the noise is reduced so much; the headphones must really work well.

Logical Fallacies Choose one of the ads and complete a chart. On the back of

the chart, identify if the evidence is based on logos, ethos, and pathos. Decide of there is a logical fallacy involved.

FALLACY - something that is believed to be true but is erroneous Post hoc – erroneous cause/effect relationships Non sequitur – drawing a conclusion with no logical connection to

the evidence cited Ad hominem – attacking a person instead of the issue/pt of view Appeals to questionable or faulty authority – weakens ETHOS Begging the question – failure to establish proof for controversy False analogy – disregards significant dissimilarities & implies that

since two things have one thing in common they are alike in all respects

Either/or – only two outcomes possible Red herring – intentional digression from the issue