Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Fallacy Poster - due Thursday (sign up Wed)

On the poster, include:
1. name of fallacy
2. example of fallacy
3. visual
4. Analysis of fallacy
* 1. What specific fallacy or fallacies have been committed?
* 2. What specific evidence in the author’s language or reasoning points to that particular fallacy?
* 3. Is the overall argument made by the author cogent? Is it persuasive?
In other words is it a
- reasonable argument (when the conclusion is likely) or
a false argument (when the conclusion is improbable).