Fallacies: Examples
Fallacies: Definitions
Theses Dos and Don'ts
Source Evaluations
Grab Bag
100
Dogs are perfect pets because they're great for people to own.
What is circular reasoning?
100
Multi-sided issue is reduced to two positions.
What is either/ or reasoning?
100
Identify this definition: pulling the reader away from familiar ideas towards new ones.
What is tension?
100
You evaluate this when you research the author's background, judge their respect for other beliefs, and decide whether you trust the author.
What is credibility?
100
Define a "global revision."
What is revising for overall themes, such as organization, cohesiveness, structure, integration of thesis or quotes, etc.
200
Joe Flacco uses this shampoo, so you should too!
What is an appeal to false authority?
200
Attacking the arguer instead of the argument.
What is ad hominem?
200
Identify this definition: contrast expected response with new answer.
What is surprising reversal?
200
Define "underlying assumption."
What is the beliefs and ideas that go into the perspective that an author has (or something to that effect)?
200
Differentiate between paraphrase and summary.
Summary is when a whole source is digested and then the main points are written again, paraphrase is when a few lines from a source are rewritten completely to use the facts/ ideas from those lines.
300
I was right when I guessed okapi were animals, therefore I'm right that squid are mammals.
What is Non Sequitur?
300
a faulty comparison.
What is false analogy?
300
Identify this definition: the measure of change the essay brings about in the reader.
What is surprise (Allyn and Bacon version)?
300
Name two ways to evaluate the reliability and credibility of a website.
What is looking at the domain identifier (.com, etc.), checking for an author's name or affiliation, looking for objectivity by identifying the purpose of the site, looking at clarity and accuracy, and making sure it's up to date, etc.
300
Name the dates and times of my office hours.
What is Monday 12:30-2 and Tuesday 1:30-3.
400
I want to address your concern about how to write a thesis, so let me tell you how I organize an essay.
What is red herring?
400
Downfall happens immediately after the first step.
What is slippery slope?
400
Name one of the three ways to change audience views that we discussed in class.
What is enlarge, clarify, or restructure (inform, analyze, persuade)?
400
Differentiate between purpose, audience, and genre.
What is purpose: the function of the work, audience: who the work is directed towards, and genre: the format of the work (or some variation of these three).
400
Define "patchwriting."
What is using the same sentence structure and/or wording of the source you are trying to paraphrase.
500
There is a higher divorce rate because more people are getting higher educations.
What is post hoc, ergo propter hoc?
500
Deliberately moving in another direction.
What is red herring?
500
Explain how to write with tension (give tips).
What is be specific, use details, know your audience, use surprising reversal, be controversial, stick to your side, acknowledge other positions, etc.
500
Explain what you look for to evaluate genre.
What is the structure of the piece, where the piece appears, the layout of the piece, the "moves" it makes to signal to readers, etc.
500
Tell me the date of your next peer review.
April 10th (Wednesday, two weeks after spring break).
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