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    Bwvw Study Guide

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    BWVW Study guide Syncretism- Pantheism- God and the world are the same thing. Ex. Eastern religions‚ Christian Science‚ The New Age movement‚ etc. Theocentric- the existence/reality of God will be at the center of how a person analyzes. (theo-Greek word for God) Theism- God exists‚ was the creator of the world‚ and is personally and intimately involved with His creation. God operates through natural law but can and does intervene in the affairs of mankind. Ex. Christianity‚ Judaism‚ Islam

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    both sides. Parts of the story along with researched information are to be included. complete your research and document all of your sources cited (used in the essay) make use of the rhetorical triangle: ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos avoid logical fallacies Objectives: use invention techniques such as brainstorming‚ listing‚ cubing‚ reporters’ questions‚ free-writing‚ and clustering. organize ideas and supporting details in a clear and effective manner. express the main idea of an essay in a thesis

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    Planned Paradise and a Truck As we live our lives we interact with thousands and thousands of different ads. Whether these are done through the television‚ radio‚ magazines‚ or billboards; they catch our eyes and stay in the back of our minds. With commercials‚ they strive to be very noticeable and out there. During the super bowl‚ the commercials strive to get their stuff out there during the many commercial breaks in the game. A lot of these commercials are funny‚ colorful and memorable. One

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    artificial intelligence and forebodingly questions how far they will take this idea. He even slightly employs scare tactics by using sci-fi like imagery while discussing future implications of artificial intelligence. Carr commits a larger logical fallacy when talks about how everyone falling into the world of technology. Not everyone will use this technology‚ for example‚ this article does not include people who do not use this technology. So therefore‚ not everyone can be taking over by the age of

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    The exercise provided a great sense of bad arguments and the various fallacies. The quiz gave examples of fallacious appeals such as questionable authority‚ common belief; two wrongs do not equal a right‚ common practice‚ wishful thinking and indirect consequences. Generally speaking the multiple choice answers were tricky as most of the choices were very similar in content and form. The trick to identifying the correct answer is found in previous reading and looking forward. Key words or the

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    How Not to Be Bamboozled

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    Propaganda: How Not To Be Bamboozled By Donna Woolfolk Cross Propaganda. If an opinion poll were taken tomorrow‚ we can be sure that nearly everyone would be against it because it sounds so bad. When we say‚ “Oh‚ that’s just propaganda‚” it means‚ to most people‚ “That’s a pack of lies.” But really‚ propaganda is simply a means of persuasion and so it can be put to work for good causes as well as bad—to persuade people to give to charity‚ for example‚ or to love their neighbors‚ or to stop polluting

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    From telephone systems and mail to car computers and surveillance cameras. Simson discusses positive points that make perfect sense in his article‚ but he also assumes false points‚ does not back them up with strong evidence‚ and makes logical fallacies throughout the article. The author makes a good point in his article by explaining that the violation of privacy due to technology is not something new. He backs that point up by evidence of two Boston lawyers at the Harvard Law Review who argued

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    BCOM/275 Sample Final Examination This Sample Examination represents the Final Examination that students complete in Week Five. As in the following Sample Examination‚ the Final Examination includes questions that assess the course objectives. Both the Sample Examination and the Final Examination include five questions per course objective. Refer to the questions in the following Sample Examination to represent the type of questions in the Final Examination. Refer to the weekly readings and

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    not’s” of writing a paper to better prepare students for many essays to come. Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” would be a great addition to a first-year English textbook. Whether a student seeks to analyze for ethos‚ pathos or logos‚ logical fallacies or a simple Toulmin Analysis‚ Swift demonstrates excellent use of each. Swift’s satirical style lends itself to Toulmin Analysis and prompts the reader to dissect his argument in order to better understand it (an important point to note when recommending

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    The Shallows

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    multi-tasking and distractions‚ to how new technologies make us lose a little part of ourselves. Throughout the book Carr puts forward very strong arguments‚ but then loses creditability with his use of fallacies in argument. Within the very first chapter “Hal and Me”‚ is where the first fallacy arises. “Hal and Me”‚ gives the reader some insight of what they can be expecting from reading the book. This chapter basically discusses how some people do not have patience to read books fully and they

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