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Warm UP (do you have your badge?). Read the essay “The Lowest Animal” by Mark Twain and answer the following questions: How do you know this essay is a satirical essay? Show two points of evidence. What is the argument Twain is making? Do you agree? Why or why not. Agenda. WARM UP (20 MINS) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WARM UP (DO YOU HAVE YOUR BADGE?)
READ THE ESSAY “THE LOWEST ANIMAL” BY MARK TWAIN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:1. HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS ESSAY IS A SATIRICAL
ESSAY? SHOW TWO POINTS OF EVIDENCE.2. WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT TWAIN IS MAKING? DO YOU
AGREE? WHY OR WHY NOT.
AGENDA
• WARM UP (20 MINS)• LOGICAL FALLACIES OVERVIEW (50 MINS)• WRITING YOUR OWN FALLACIES (10 MINS)• OVERVIEW OF SPEECH ASSIGNMENT (10 MINS)
AD IGNORANTIAM
• CLAIMING SOMETHING IS TRUE BECAUSE IT CAN NOT BE PROVEN FALSE
EQUIVOCATION
• PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE AND INTENTIONALLY BEING VAGUE.
• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/72238/JULY-27-2006/BETTER-KNOW-A-DISTRICT---DISTRICT-OF-COLUMBIA---ELEANOR-HOLMES-NORTON (2:45)
HASTY GENERALIZATION
• MAKING ASSUMPTIONS WITH TOO LITTLE INFORMATION.
• HTTP://WWW.THEDAILYSHOW.COM/WATCH/TUE-JANUARY-28-2014/WAGE-AGAINST-THE-MACHINE
POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC
• CONFUSING A CORRELATION WITH A CAUSAL CONNECTION
• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/422924/JANUARY-16-2013/PAT-ROBERTSON-S-ROMANCE-ADVICE
AD HOMINEM
• ATTACKING/SUPPORTING THE PERSON RATHER THAN THE ARGUMENT
• HTTP://WWW.THEDAILYSHOW.COM/WATCH/TUE-OCTOBER-1-2013/OBAMACARE-BEGINS
SPECIAL PLEADING
• USING DOUBLE STANDARDS TO EXCUSE AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=VFHYIOFBRNG
FALSE ANALOGY• ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE TWO THINGS ARE
ALIKE IN SOME RESPECTS THEY ARE ALIKE IN OTHER RESPECTS
• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/422753/JANUARY-09-2013/GUN-CONTROL-BACKLASH
FALSE DILEMMA
• ASSUMING THAT ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE EXTREMES EXIST
• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=-23KMHC3P8U
LOADED QUESTION
• A QUESTION THAT IS BIASED BECAUSE IT CONTAINS A BUILT IN ASSUMPTION.
• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/216371/DECEMBER-15-2008/GREAT-PRESIDENT---OR-GREATEST-PRESIDENT-
WRITE YOUR OWN SATIRICAL SPEECH WITH LOGICAL FALLACIES• THE US GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE TORTURE
AGAINST POLITICAL DETAINEES• EVOLUTION SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS• THE DRINKING AGE SHOULD BE LOWERED TO 18• TEACHERS SHOULD CARRY GUNS IN SCHOOLS• REINSTATING RACIAL SEGREGATION WILL PREVENT RACISTS HATE
CRIMES. • ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE
UNITED STATES