Implying that the first step necessarily leads to the second and so on down the slope to disaster, when in fact, there is no necessary slide from the 1st step to the 2nd.
"One cigarette will cause lung cancer!"
What is Slippery Slope?
100
ALL PLAY: Nominate one person from your team to demonstrate their BEST English accent.
Oh tally-wacker, shall we meet for tea and crumpets? Oh dear, it's raining. I need to grab my bumbershoot (umbrella). But first, I need to use the loo.
100
The model that no one enjoys- the model using claim, grounds, warrant, backing, rebuttal and qualifiers
What is the Toulmin Model?
100
What is Ms. Vance's first name?
What is Jacqueline?
100
What was the title of the short story and youtube video about fallicies that we read and watched?
What is "Love is a Fallacy"?
200
The precipitous move from true assertions about the one or few instances to dubious or even fake assertions about all. (Stereotypes)
"All hobos stink!"
What is Hasty Generalization?
200
This is to indicate that words have been deleted from a quote.
What is an ellipsis?
200
The sentence in your paper that is "the claim, central point, chief position." Your paper must have one, a strong one.
What is Thesis?
200
Who does Ms. Vance bully/pick on every day?
Who is Josh?
200
In order for your paper to be an argument, you must present the _______.
What is opposition?
300
The conclusion of the argument is hidden among it's assumptions and so the conclusion follows the premises.
"There are so many UFO videos that proves they must be real!"
"The fact that you live in a death penalty state and you were not killed yesterday proves the death penalty is a deterrent."
What is Begging the Question?
300
TRUE OR FALSE:
This is the correct way to produce the date in MLA format (in the upper left hand corner):
November 5 2014
What is false? (Correct: 5 November 2014)
300
For your paper, it is required to use ____ in order to find reliable, peer reviewed sources.
Ex: AcademicOne File, Gale
What are Databases?
300
How many grand daughters does Ms. Vance have?
What is one grand daughter?
300
The two topics that we debated about were ________ and _________.
What is the media's depiction of Ebola and the government's involvement with MLB's punishment of steroids?
400
Attacking the opponent, not the issue.
"Bob and Ben are in a debate about Ebola in the media. Bob disagrees with Ben and brings up his affair with his secretary last Wednesday."
What is Ad Hominem?
400
Define: logos, pathos and ethos
What is logic, emotion, and ethics?
400
These phrases are used to move easily from the beginning of a paragraph to the end and from one paragraph to the next.
Example: "For example," "In addition to," "However," "Therefore,"
What are Transitions?
400
According to Ms.Vance, at her peak, how many words per minutes could she type?
What is 80 WPM?
400
State what is incorrect in the sentence:
Becky is the girl that enjoys reading.
What is the use of 'that'? It should be 'who'.
500
An argument that refutes another's person's actual position by substituting an exaggerated/distorted position.
"Joann supports the death penalty. Therefore she supports beheading, crucifixions, boiling alive and executions."
What is Straw Man?
500
The words refer to two different things. It is self-contradictory therefore cannot be true.
"The best way to find happiness is to not look for it."
What is Paradox?
500
The mental process of moving from one statement through another to yet a further statement.
"All human beings are mortal. Socrates is a human being. Therefore Socrates is mortal."
What is Deduction?
500
True or False: Ms. Vance has never sworn a day in her life.
What is false?
500
The difference between an annotated bibliography and a works cited page is _________.
What is that an annotated bibliography is when you summarize the works that you used and explain why you are using them?