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    style and numerous fallacious arguments that are found. The colonists’ use of persuasion to influence by using repetition to achieve their means. The Declaration of Independence is what 56 colonists saw as a logical course of action. What you must ask yourself is: What was considered logical in 1776? The rhetorical style uses persuasive ideals in the use of language. For example‚ in the first sentence of the second paragraph‚ the parallel structure and repetition of the word "that" enable the writers

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    logical framework

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    Pspa 212 1/11/2013 Logical Framework approach Many International donors or multi-lateral aid agencies nowadays use the Logical Framework Approach as an analysis and management tool regarding developmental projects. It was developed in the 1960’s‚ by Leon Rosenberg‚ to address three basic needs: Planning‚ management‚ and evaluation. The Logical Framework Approach (LFA) was adopted rapidly by most donors‚ multi-lateral and bi-lateral. Many have decided to modify the format yet the analytical

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    David Suzuki

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    can relate to it because I once did the same with some friends when I was younger. When I think about it‚ it was not right what I was doing just as Mr. Suzuki says. Even if this anecdote is helping Suzuki to achieve his purpose‚ it is an informal fallacy known as appeal to pity because there is no evidence; it is only appealing our emotion. Another anecdote which is another appeal to pity is when Mr. Suzuki talks about the fish for which people think do not feel any pain. Even if he describes so well

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    credibility. 1. If you start an argument from a faulty assumption you immediately loose credibility because they know that you do not have true facts. 2. Depending on the situation logical arguments may hold more weight‚ but if you are a boss‚ celebrity‚ etc. and you have authority over many people it may not be. 3. I use logical arguments on a daily basis‚ because if someone has a wrong opinion of something and you explain to them as to why it is wrong they are more likely to agree than just telling them

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    position/argument essay

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    Academic Resource Center Wheeling Jesuit University Ground Floor Ignatius Hall x4473 www.wju.edu/arc/ How Do I Write a Position/Argument Essay? Having a strong thesis has been important all along in your writing. Having a coherent form to individual sentences‚ paragraphs‚ and the essay as a whole has been important all along in your writing. Yet here is where everything comes together‚ where the various compositional forms (cause/effect‚ classification/division‚ comparison/contrast‚ example/illustration

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    Luddite Fallacy

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    luddite fallacy is a common‚ flawed belief‚ the job-market’s ability to adapt‚ and its stimulating effect on the economy. Some work to live‚ while others live to work. Throughout the course of history‚ it is seen that humans have developed tools to aid them in working less. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution‚ textile-workers feared their jobs would be replaced by textile machines. There

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    Hadley Anthony Rodas__reviewed _Vera Barefield’s paper Date: 12/5 Please respond in detailed‚ complete sentences‚ and always explain your answer. IN GENERAL What did you like best about this paper? Why? I really liked the writing style of this paper. In particular‚ I appreciated the directness of the statements‚ claim and thesis. Stating them so plainly makes it easy for the reader to understand the viewpoint‚ and therefore the evidence that author will use to back their claims. There

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    Love Is a Fallacy

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    that some would read Max Schulman’s essay entitled “Love Is a Fallacy‚” and view it as ‘anti-women.’  Others would be just as likely to see it as ‘anti-men.’  Objectively speaking‚ neither view is entirely correct.  This is because‚ equally strong arguments can be made for both cases.  A more accurate conclusion is that the essay is in fact both anti-women and anti- men.  The events recounted in the essay confirm this to be logical.             There are most definitely elements of anti-women

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    Dubner‚ most people predict tails next‚ because they believe that too many heads has come up and that the coin must fall on the tails side‚ even though there is still a 50% percent chance the coin lands on heads. This is the basis of the gambler’s fallacy‚ which is when people make a bad decision because of the sequence of what has happens‚ and it happens everywhere from baseball games to immigration courts. For example‚ people often lose thousands of dollars in casinos everyday simply because they

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    of a particular subject through arguments or forums. Debates use rhetorical appeals‚ which are logos‚ ethos and pathos to send messages across the same audience. Logos is the capacity of making the audience have confidence in the speaker by using logical explanations‚ facts and statistics. On the other hand‚ ethos is an appeal of making the audience believe that the debater’s idea is credible using the speaker’s experiences and sources. Pathos is an appeal that gives message to the audience through

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