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    Analysis Essay

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    English March 6th‚ 2015 Assignment (Analysis Essay) In the essay “Give Drugs to Addicts So We Can Be Safe”‚ by Jonah J. Goldstein‚ he does not effectively argue his point and convinces the reader‚ since he uses false comparisons‚ makes inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence‚ and bad assumptions. Johan J. Goldstein tries to affect the reader emotionally but he fails to use it properly. Instead of balancing the emotions of the readers he makes the emotional appeal become a substitute

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    Hasty Generalization “In epidemiological studies of dog bites‚ the pit bull is overrepresented among dogs known to have seriously injured or killed human beings‚ and‚ as a result‚ pit bulls have been banned or restricted in several Western European countries‚ China‚ and numerous cities and municipalities across North America. Pit bulls are dangerous.” Troublemakers. Malcolm Gladwell. 6 Feb. 2006 In this article the author was generalizing pit bulls as dangerous. Even though

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    Tips IF YOU MUST GENERALIZE... Abstractions often show up when you want to make some kind of generalization. If you must make a general statement‚ there are two ways you can help make it more informative: 1. Remove as many abstract nouns as you can. 2. Sharpen its focus with representative examples and concrete illustrations. Look at these "before and after" examples and learn how to replace generalizations with concrete specifics. Mark the abstract nouns in the "General" examples with your green

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    In your article you used a hasty generalization in order to try and convince your readers. You used a hasty generalization when you stated that people who play video games are wimps. I think that the people that would believe these fallacies are older men and women because they lived before the generation of Americans changed

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    all neat people lazy‚ wasteful‚ insensitive‚ and less moral than sloppy people? Are all men more interested in sports while women focus their time on housework and cleaning? The answer to both of these questions is no. These questions bring up generalizations that are dealt with in both of the short essays which are which are as follows: “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” by Suzanne Britt‚ and “Batting Clean-up and Striking Out” by Dave Barry. Suzanne Britt describes the generalized behavior and mindset

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    drivers take the detour‚ it removes several minutes from your commuting time due to the light traffic. Is your action generalizable? I do believe that my actions would be generalizable; therefore it would not pass the generalization test. According to Hooker‚ the meaning of generalization test is that the reason for your action should be consistent with the assumption that if everyone who has the same reason as you would act in the same manner (Business Ethics‚ 2011). The detour is not an area that

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    Hasty Generalisation

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    Hasty generalization (Anecdotal) Definition: Making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate (usually because it is atypical or just too small). Stereotypes about people ("librarians are shy and smart‚" "wealthy people are snobs‚" etc.) are a common example of the principle underlying hasty generalization. Example: "My roommate said her philosophy class was hard‚ and the one I’m in is hard‚ too. All philosophy classes must be hard!" Two people’s experiences

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    plan for generalization influence when asserting that he alleged all learners were similar‚ in that no one absorbs and learns from a generalized lesson unless a generalized lesson is taught. Stokes and Baer‚ 1977 (p. 349). With generalization come many different techniques that are deemed effective in the process. I will discuss three that I believe are effective. The first of many techniques called “Train and Hope” is very common in examining generalization in which specific generalization techniques

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    night. Romeo and Juliet has made some hasty decisions for those few days they were together. What do i mean about hasty decisions is like getting married and not never telling their parents knowing that they hate each other. Romeo killing Juliet’s cousin Tybalt during a little fight. And Romeo killing himself after hearing that Juliet fake her death. That is what i mean about hasty decisions.

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    and projects the inability to focus‚ and advert attention to one particular action. The generalizations that surround this idea‚ that the notions that “students have always faced distractions and time-wasters”‚ but technology has invoked the generalization that the current generation‚ as well as the one to come is “less able to sustain attention.” This generalization consequently true‚ as it may be‚ is based off of how we (students) direct our attention and time. According to

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