Your task for the Module 4 SLP is to submit a 5-6 page draft of your SLP essay. For this component of the SLP you will develop your outline that you prepared in Module 3 into a full, narrative, argumentative draft essay. Focus on creating a logical flow of ideas so that a reader who is unfamiliar with the topic can easily trace the development of your arguments on the controversy.
THIS IS PART OF THE FINAL SLP
(((((For the final SLP project you will develop a 6- to 8-page argumentative essay. The SLP is an argumentative essay in which you select a topic of current interest and controversy, research the views of participants in that controversy (as well as other informed sources), outline the positions and key arguments in favor of the controversy and against the controversy, and then take a position of your own on the issue.
The final essay should demonstrate your ability to critically analyze arguments using the concepts and principles from each module. You will be expected to make progress on your SLP in each module. The Final SLP essay will be an integrated collection of all modular SLP components.)))
READINGS:
Holt, T. (2006). Logical Fallacies.Info. Retrieved from http://www.logicalfallacies.info.
Optional Reading
Downes, S. (2001). The Light of Reason is Here: Stephen’s Guide to the Logical Fallacies. Retrieved from http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/
Finkelman, R. (2007). Health impacts of coal: facts and fallacies. Ambio, 36(1), 103-106.
Messina, J. (2007). Tools for Improving Your Critical Thinking: Watch Out for these Common Fallacies. Retrieved from http://jamesjmessina.com/improvecriticalthinking/fallacies.html
Optional Resources
Schemitz, J. (1994). Common Argument Fallacies. Retrieved from http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/fallacys.html.
The Nizkor Project. Retrieved from http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2007). Fallacies: Mistakes in the Logic of Arguments. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fallacies/.
The fallacies below came directly from the Background reading material.
For each passage, identify the fallacy that most clearly diagnoses the problem with the argument, and briefly explain your identification.
1 The sign said “fine for parking here,” and since it was fine, I parked there.
2 Mary joined our class and the next week we all did poorly on the quiz. It must be her fault.
3 Many people say that engineers need more practice in writing, but I would like to remind them how difficult it is to master all the math and drawing skills that an engineer requires.
4 An ad from a sugar company says “Sugar is an essential component of the body, a key material in all sorts of metabolic processes, so buy some P&R sugar today.” The word “sugar” is being used with two definitions that the ad does not acknowledge.
5 John’s objections to capital punishment carry no weight since he is a convicted felon.
6 A waterfall in the background and a beautiful girl in the foreground have nothing to do with an automobile’s performance. (Notice how this argument involves our senses and other non-verbal cues. This multi-sensory “argument” is often found in advertisements.)
7 An apple is something which is red and round.
8 (The planet Mars is red and round. So it is included in the definition. But obviously it is not an apple.)
9 Four similar examples:
i Either you’re for me or against me.
ii America: love it or leave it.
iii Either support Meech Lake or Quebec will separate.
iv Every person is either wholly good or wholly evil.
10 Two similar examples:
i You had better agree that the new company policy is the
ii best bet if you expect to keep your job.
iii NAFTA is wrong, and if you don’t vote against NAFTA
then we will vote you out of office.
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