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    article‚ Should parents spy on their children’s emails and texts? By Judith Woods. She mentioned many situations and experiences and I agreed on some points and disagree on many others as there were false assumptions‚ weak evidence and logical fallacies and that became a source of weakness in this article. -------------- I. Common ground: Topic sentence: the writer gets out a good topic and was convincing and simple. A. First Idea: “Kelly believes that technology should be part of family life

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    http://www.criticalthinking.org Pope‚ K. And Vasquez‚ M. (2011). Ethics and critical thinking. Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A practical guide‚4th ed.‚ pp. 16-33. Hoboken‚ New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc.Vasquez‚ M. (2011). 21 Ethical Fallacies: Cognitive Strategies to Justify Unethical Behavior. In Ethics & Malpractice. Retrieved from kscope.com/ethics/ethicalstandards.php

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    Arguments   Considering the fallacies discussed in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic‚ construct three different arguments that display distinct fallacies. Give an explanation of why each makes a mistake in drawing the conclusion it does. Review your classmates’ examples and see if they‚ in fact‚ commit the fallacy identified. Before getting to examples of different arguments that display distinct fallacies I will define a fallacious argument. In our text fallacy is defined as “a mistake in

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    Assignment 1 - Critical Thinking University of Maryland University College Assignment 1 - Critical Thinking The Purpose of this paper is to apply the 10 steps developed by (Browne & Keeley‚ 2010) and I will apply those methods on the following memo. A memo was drafted by Ms. Mary Ford (personal communication‚ January 30‚ 2012) who is Director of Amalgamated Public Employees Union (APEU) Local No. 121 to Mr. Hector Fuentes the President of APEU Local No. 121 on the issue on New Mexico State

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    Rhetorical Devices and Logical Fallacies Note: This document should only be used as a reference and should not replace assignment guidelines. Common Rhetorical Devices Paradox A statement that initially seems contradictory but actually reveals a truth when viewed in a new context. A paradox can effectively grab a reader’s attention‚ such as in a hook in an opening line. EXAMPLE: Less is more. Point of View The perspective from which a story is told‚ which can color the delivery of the author’s

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    SPH 2241 – Fundamentals of Speech (Stiefel) CHAPTER 7 ASSIGNMENT Student Name: Below are arguments based on faulty reasoning. Identify the fallacy used (use a fallacy only ONCE): 1. Loaded Words It’s ridiculous to worry about protecting America’s national parks against pollution when innocent people are being attacked by terrorists. 2. Red Herring The proposal is likely to be resisted by the business-as-usual bureaucrats on Capitol Hill. 3. Celebrity Endorsement Queen Latifah promotes Cover

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    Silvia Mendoza Professor Wohlstadter English 103—11:10 17 April 2014 Singer ’s Poverty: A Case of Logics‚ Emotions‚ and Values Imagine you have just picked up your paycheck from the office. As soon as you leave the office‚ all you can think of is paying your bills and spending the rest on items you fancy. Perhaps you wish to buy a new TV‚ or a new pair of shoes‚ or a watch that everyone already seems to have except you. On your way to cash it‚ you stop by a café and a little boy asks you for money

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    completely revoked as a result of the child’s region of birth being outside of our country. A rhetorical fallacy is‚ in most cases‚ an incorrect argumentation in reasoning that results in a misconception. In this analysis‚ I will investigate both the favoring and the refusing interpretations of the argument regarding free education for immigrant children and I will identify the rhetorical fallacies portrayed by each view‚ used in attempt to defend their position. Fainaru’s article was originally

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    “Will Dropouts Save America?” by Michael Ellsberg “Will Dropouts Save America?” written by Michael Ellsberg for the New York Times highlights the ideas that millionaires such as Steve Jobs‚ Bill Gates‚ Mark Zuckerberg amongst many others were all college dropouts and yet managed to not only create notorious companies‚ but also jobs for many Americans. Ellsberg‚ also the author of “Education of Millionaires: It’s Not What You think and It’s Not Too Late‚” strongly believes that the those who

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    more aware of the surroundings than animals (Coren‚ 2009). He also mentioned that used the story of the dog to support their arguments. Consequently it can be inferred that he’s indirectly accusing them of approaching slippery slope fallacy. The author himself used a false dilemma fallacy when he mentioned that in ancient times‚ struggling communities had to either struggle because of their overpopulation and necessity or to kill their children to survive which is not

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