World History Debate Reflection Essay 10/5/13 Ryan Lan A debate is a structured argument‚ and most of the time there will be two or more team speak on a particular topic or issue. Each team will have two or three people to answer and argue over a topic. Although every team will get a chance to speak‚ but there are time limit‚ which the speaker would questioned as soon as he conclude his speech. Debate can help to argue against a natural point of arguments in an orderly way. When having
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Amy Chua Stereotypes Parenting What makes a child excel? Amy Chua‚ in her work “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”‚ writes to inform her readers that Chinese parents raise successful children because they are stricter than typical Western parents. She states that Asian parents hold higher standards‚ that Asian parents are more direct and even caustic in their reprimanding of their offspring‚ and that the Chinese believe children owe their parents everything is the cause of these
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1. “I like the rain. Some people will tell you that the sun is the best‚ but they are wrong. What waits for you in the sun? Skin cancer. What waits for you in the rain? Puddles to jump in. I’ll take puddles over cancer any day.” Tell me as much as you can about this passage as an argument (especially the parts). p1. Sun will bring skin cancer. p2. Rain will bring puddles that we can jump. p3: Pain is bad‚ joy is good. If a thing causes more good things than bad things‚ then it is better. p4:
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Fallacies Thinking is such a natural process; we all do it continually and instinctively yet it seems difficult to define. Nonetheless‚ thinking can be broken down into two categories: critical and logical. Critical thinking is "the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing‚ applying‚ analyzing‚ synthesizing‚ and/or evaluating information gathered from or generated by: observation‚ experience‚ reflection‚ reasoning‚ or communication‚ as a guide to belief and
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Michelle Cluck Com 220 Week 1 Assignment April 19‚ 2010 * * * In the speech with Charles Foster Kane campaigning for Governor‚ there were many examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and rhetorical devices. An example of political bias in his speech was when Kane said that “every straw vote‚ every independent poll shows that I’ll be elected”. This shows political bias because it is an opinion of Charles Foster Kane and there is not any supporting evidence to prove that what Kane says is the truth
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An Encyclopedia of Errors of Reasoning The ability to identify logical fallacies in the arguments of others‚ and to avoid them in one’s own arguments‚ is both valuable and increasingly rare. Fallacious reasoning keeps us from knowing the truth‚ and the inability to think critically makes us vulnerable to manipulation by those skilled in the art of rhetoric. What is a Logical Fallacy? A logical fallacy is‚ roughly speaking‚ an error of reasoning. When someone adopts a position‚ or tries to persuade
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The Either/Or Outlook Either/or Outlook – a claim that presents an artificially limited range of choices. An either/or fallacy occurs when a speaker makes a claim (usually a premise in an otherwise valid deductive argument) that presents an artificial range of choices. For instance‚ he may suggest that there are only two choices possible‚ when three or more really exist. Those who use an either/or fallacy try to force their audience to accept a conclusion by presenting only two possible options
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Major Essay #2 (Advocacy): Here’s What’s Important TOPIC focused and appropriate in scope for the assignment’s length framed to allow for research-based advocacy. The essay must actively recommend a policy‚ action‚ or course of action and must explain the real-world implications or likely consequences of the actions you propose. INTRODUCTION a “hook” that captures the audience’s attention. This might be an image‚ an anecdote‚ a story‚ a quote/epigraph‚ an irritation – something that orients
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What are some examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech? In the speech kane uses a variety of bias which include political bias in which he is doing against Jim W. Gettys. He also uses different types of fallacies which are scapegoating‚ and apple polishing‚and ad hominen ‚ and using straw man fallacies and he also two others ones false dilemma and slippery slope plus begging the question too . He also uses a few different types of rhetorical devices in his speech
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REVIEW QUESTIONS Pg.18 1) What did you think of when you encountered the word argument as you began to read this chapter? What do you think now? When I encountered the word "argument" at the beginning of the chapter‚ I thought of fighting‚ disagreement‚ and people trying to prove they are right over the other person. Now that I have finished reading the chapter‚ argument has a lot more meaning than just plain old disagreement. There are two types of argument‚ traditional and consensual arguments
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