Logic and Logical Fallacies, Ch 6, and Visuals, Ch 5, RRW

Ch. 6, Logic

And Ch. 5, Use of Visuals, RRW

Logic, & Logical Fallacies, Ch 6, RRWExample, Ch 1, Ch 22, Positioning: The

Battle for Your MindApplication of Figures of Speech /

Tropes… What are the major figures of speech used in Ch. 1?

Does Ch. 22 have any logical fallacies?Group activity…

Analysis, Ch 1, 22, Positioning….The book is #5 for Amazon sales, marketing….Ch 22…MA-P: All large (and small) businesses need to

“position” themselves correctly in order to prosper.

Mi-P: The (Catholic) church is essentially an enormous business.

Con: Therefore, the church needs to “position” itself correctly in order to prosper.

Enthymeme:The (Catholic) church is losing parishioners, and therefore it needs a corporate communications program based upon “positioning.”

The chuch is essentially like a large business, corporation (based on analogy)…

Logical fallacy? Or do you “buy into” their argument?

Logic, & Logical Fallacies, Ch 6, RRWCompare Wadsworth Handbook, pp. 74-78…

Syllogism: MA-P; Mi-P; Conclusion… (p. 75 WH)

Enthymemes (p. 76 WH): Melissa is on the Dean’s List; therefore, Melissa is a good student.

Logic, & Logical Fallacies, Ch 6, RRW1. Inductive logic2. Deductive logic3. Analogy4. Oversimplifying / hasty generalization5. Forced hypothesis6. Non Sequitur7. Slippery Slope8. False dilemma

Logic, & Logical Fallacies, Ch 6, RRW9. False analogy10. Post hoc fallacy11. Begging the question12. Straw man13. Ad hominem14. Common practice (bandwagon)15. Ad populum

Logic, & Logical Fallacies, Ch 6, RRWAlso note… (WH pp. 74-78)Sweeping generalizationEquivocationEither/Or FallacyArgument to Ignorance

Visuals as Evidence, Ch 5, RRWCompare Wadsworth Handbook, pp.

91-95Visuals (picture) AS evidence…Visuals (charts, graphs, pictures) to

support your arguments….Analyze appropriateness of visuals Misleading charts and graphs (pp.

94-95)

Journaling Assignment – Self-analysis… Writing Unified

Paragraphs… (WH p. 52-53)

Topic sentence at/near beginning

OR…Topic sentence at/near

end

Transitional phrases (pp. 55-56)

Writing Well-Developed Paragraphs (WH pp. 57-64)

Different paragraph types / functions

Introductory paragraphs & concluding paragraphs (pp. 65-67)

Sample Essay (pp. 85-89)Works Cited page, MLAwww.easybib.com