Readings:
“The Use of Force”
“A Visit of Charity”
“The Gift of Sweat”
The fallacys we learned in class:
– fallacies of induction : faulty causation, oversimplifcation, post hoc, overgeneralization, false analogies, slippery slope
– Fallacies of deduction : enthymemes, sweeping, generalization, equivocation
_ Fallacies of Relevance: ad hominem, appeal to authority, ad ignorantiam, bandwagon, common practice
Prompt:
Choose one of the short stories listed, and demonstrate how onecharacter in the story exemplifies one of the logical fallacies we learned in class. Part I: Write an organized essay that pinpoints a specific example(s) of one logical fallacy and offer a detailed explanation on how it is so. The essay is an argument that proves that such a logical fallacy is evident, so you must have a thesis statement followed by appropriate support from the short story (text and analysis) in the body of the essay. Part II: Complete the essay by offering a suggestion(s) as to how the character should have behaved/spoken more logically and speculate how this may have changed the story’s outcome.
Requirements:
• 2.5 pages
• MLA format with a Works Cited page (not one of the 2.5 pages)
• Quoting as needed from the short story in order to offer example(s)
Choose one of the short stories listed, and demonstrate how
one
character in the story exemplifies
one
of
the logical fallacies we learned in class.
Part I
: Write an organized essay that pinpoints a specific
example(s) of one logical fallacy and offer a detailed explanation on how it is so. The essay is an
argument that proves that such a logical fallacy is evident, so you must have a thesis statement followed
by appropriate support from the short story (text and analysis) in the body of the essay.
Part II
:
Complete the essay by offering a suggestion(s) as to how the character should have behaved/spoken