MARCH 24 AND 25
I can read explicitly to comprehend a passage.
I can score 80% or higher on a DFA.
I can identify logical fallacies.
I can evaluate the use of logical fallacies.
I can use effective delivery and listening skills during
class presentations.
Bell Ringer
• Complete #3
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Nothing in the question stem helps to limit your search of the passage.
Compare the choices to your notes and confirm the presence of the
three incorrect answer choices.
I can read explicitly to comprehend a passage.
Check your answer
• The answer is A!
• A, contradicts a statement made in line 38. “All” the first word, also
should have given you pause. Extreme language like that often
appears in incorrect choices.
• Make sure you have turned in your bell ringers. (Starting
on 2-17).
I can read explicitly to comprehend a passage.
DFA Practice
1. Read the passage carefully.
2. Answer the questions on your paper.
3. Enter your answers into the clicker.
I can score 80% or higher on a DFA.
Justify your Answers
• Form a group.
• Now check your answers.
• Make sure that all members of the group have the same
answer.
• Justify your reasoning.
I can score 80% or higher on a DFA.
Answers
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
I can score 80% or higher on a DFA.
Essential Questions
1. What is a fallacy?
3. How do fallacies affect an argument?
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Introduction to
Fallacies
Fallacies
Everything is an argument, but not always a good
argument.
• A logical fallacy is a flaw in the structure of a deductive
argument which makes the argument invalid.
Notes
• As we discuss different types of fallacies, use your notes
to match the type with it’s definition.
Logical Fallacies
Ad populum: everyone’s doing it
Strawman: simplify the argument, then
tear it down
Ad hominem: personal attack
Appeal to fear, vanity, pity: making
Glittering Generalities: too many fancy
words
someone afraid
Nostalgia: Good old days
Loaded Language: using
mean/negative feeling words
Either/Or: Pretending there’re only two
choices
False Correlation: X does not equal Y
Flattery-using insincere flattery
Hyperbolic Language: exaggerates
truth
Charisma: I’m so cool
I can identify fallacies
Examples
Ad Populum
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca6lYrutbkA
Ad Hominem
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2JeeN0wIAo
Fallacy Activity
•Grab your clickers.
Identify the Fallacy
A plant is called a weed.
An animal is called a beast.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Nostalgia
False Correlation
Appeal to fear
Loaded Language
I can identify logical fallacies.
Identify the Fallacy
D) Loaded Language
Unloaded
Plant
Animal
Loaded
Weed
Beast
A word or phrase is "loaded" when it has a secondary,
evaluative meaning in addition to its primary, descriptive
meaning.
Identify The Fallacy
Prof. Jones: "The university just cut our yearly budget by
$10,000."
Prof. Smith: "What are we going to do?"
Prof. Brown: "I think we should eliminate one of the teaching
assistant positions. That would take care of it."
Prof. Jones: "We could reduce our scheduled raises instead."
Prof. Brown: " I can't understand why you want to bleed us dry
like that, Jones.“
A)
B)
C)
D)
Straw Man
Flattery
Ad Populum
Charisma
I can identify logical fallacies.
Straw man
Prof. Jones: "The university just cut our yearly budget by
$10,000."
Prof. Smith: "What are we going to do?"
Prof. Brown: "I think we should eliminate one of the teaching
assistant positions. That would take care of it."
Prof. Jones: "We could reduce our scheduled raises instead."
Prof. Brown: " I can't understand why you want to bleed us dry
like that, Jones.“
• This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because attacking a
distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an
attack on the position itself. One might as well expect an attack
on a poor drawing of a person to hurt the person.
Identify the Fallacy
Pepsi Commercial
A) Ad Hominem
B) Loaded Language
C) Glittering Generalities
D) Either/Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMo6o0BtFG8
I can identify logical fallacies.
Either/Or
• The only choice is either Coke or Pepsi.
Identify the Fallacy
After Sally presents her case for a new school schedule,
Sam asks the audience whether we should believe
anything from a woman who smells a bit weird.
A) Either/Or
B) Hyperbolic Language
C) Ad Hominem
D) Flattery
I can identify logical fallacies.
Identify the Fallacy
After Sally presents her case for a new school schedule,
Sam asks the audience whether we should believe
anything from a woman who smells a bit weird.
C) Ad Hominem- Sam attacked
Sally personally for her smell.
More Practice
•Follow along as we read the passage!
•When we read through a 2nd time, underline the
following fallacies:
• 1 Straw Man
• 1 Loaded Language
• 1 Either/Or
(You may discuss quietly with a neighbor close to you.)
I can identify fallacies
Evaluate
• On your passage, explain the effect of each
fallacy used (what does each fallacy do to the
author’s argument)?
• Straw Man
• Loaded Language
• Either/Or
I can evaluate the use of logical fallacies.
Shark Tank
• Spend five minutes with your group to organize your
Shark Tank Pitches!
• I can use effective delivery and listening skills during
class presentations
Shark Tank Pitches
• As the groups are presenting, record any questions that
you have?
• Be ready to be the sharks!!!!
• I can use effective delivery and listening skills during
class presentations
Exit Slip
Answer the following questions on your
“Death” Essay Paper:
1. What is the difference between a thesis
statement and a topic sentence?
2. What is a fallacy?
3. How do fallacies effect an argument?