Logical Fallacies Good or Bad?
Period 4 Class Discussion
What did you learn? 1. The fallacies used in act 3 attacked the personalities of the characters instead of the positions or arguments being said in court. 2. The different types of fallacies help show how people respond to different situations 3. The entire court case was filled with fallacies because witchcraft is not logical 4. Many people have used their power in order to get what they want throughout the play
What did you learn? 5. Hasty generalization is used to spice up their speech or persuasive arguments 6. Non sequiturs do not logically follow 7. Logical fallacies can be convincing and they make a point but they are really false 8. They can have a good argument but can t be black or white, must have some gray area 9. Usually based off of assumptions and don t consider other variables
What did you learn? 10. Used by people as a last resort 11. Fallacies are strong and appealing because they follow ethos, pathos, and logos 12. Most appeal to pathos because when it appeals to somebody s emotions then they tend to not question the argument 13.
Benefits of Using? 1. Pathos of the fallacies helps the speaker achieve their purpose 2. Fallacies help give arguments depth and humanlike qualities. Appealing to people rather than being a robot with an argument. 3. Break down ideas into more relatable comprehension
Drawbacks of Using? 1. It can invalidate an argument. If the opposition were to catch the fallacy then it would lead to them believing the fallacy, believing the whole claim is irrelevant. 2. Changes morale and perceptions. Loses credibility of the source 3. Distracts from the real argument
Independently... 1. Using your assigned fallacy, argue the effectiveness. 2. Write ¾ page paragraph, LEGIBLY in black ink. 3. Include elements of today s discussion to prove your argument. 4. Strong arguments provide two pieces of evidence, context for each piece of evidence, as well as the significance for each piece of evidence. 5. This is homework and DUE TOMORROW!
Period 2 Class Discussion
What did you learn? 1. Invalid arguments with little evidence 2. Alternative facts 3. Negative Tone 4. Jumps to conclusions or has false accusations i.e.: accusing people of things without solid evidence 5. False or irrelevant evidence 6. The way that your particular argument is presented could undermine it 7. Some arguments can have one thing or the other
What did you learn? 8. Can be manipulative 9. Arguments can be insulting 10. Explains the meaning of the claim 11. If used incorrectly, some arguments can be contradicted.
Benefits of Using? 1. Can identify hypocrisy 2. Reverse psychology 3. Distracts from the other person s argument to make your own sound better 4. Makes you win the argument quicker 5. Helps readers identify weaknesses in other arguments
Drawbacks of Using? 1. Evidence can be not credible 2. Makes argument weaker 3. Makes you look incompetent 4. Argument can be contradicted by other logical fallacies 5. Stray away from solid facts 6. Confused on who is right and who is wrong 7.
Independently... 1. Using your assigned fallacy, argue the effectiveness. 2. Write ¾ page paragraph, LEGIBLY in black ink. 3. Include elements of today s discussion to prove your argument. 4. Strong arguments provide two pieces of evidence, context for each piece of evidence, as well as the significance for each piece of evidence. 5. This is homework and DUE TOMORROW!
Period 1 Class Discussion
What did you learn? 1. Deeper meaning of ethos, logos, pathos 2. Varied definitions of the types of fallacies 3. Types of persuasive devices 4. False logic 5. Invalidate a person s argument
Benefits of Using? 1. Helps prove an argument 2. Helps persuade 3. Could discredit the opposition
Drawbacks of Using? 1. Makes the writer look uneducated because they are not using logic or evidence to support their argument 2. Could be proven incorrect and called out on argument 3. Knowing all of the different fallacies and being able to utilize/identify them correctly 4. Could prove argument invalid because the writer could mean one thing but mean something different which contradicts the speaker -JULES DAVIS
Independently... 1. Using your assigned fallacy, argue the effectiveness. 2. Write ¾ page paragraph, LEGIBLY in black ink. 3. Include elements of today s discussion to prove your argument. 4. Strong arguments provide two pieces of evidence, context for each piece of evidence, as well as the significance for each piece of evidence. 5. This is homework and DUE TOMORROW!