After you’ve read pages 316-319, do “Practicing What You’ve Learned” B on page 320-321. It is a MOCK ESSAY called “Ban Those Books.”
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After you’ve read pages 316-319, do “Practicing What You’ve Learned” B on page 320-321. It is a MOCK ESSAY called “Ban Those Books.”
Once you’ve read it, on a piece of paper or in a blank Word, Pages or Google Docs file, number your paper from 1 to 4. These numbers stand for each paragraph in the mock essay. Under each number, list the logical fallacies that you see use in that paragraph.
We can do paragraph 1 together. The author says, “We must either cleanse our schools of evil minded books, or we must reconcile ourselves to seeing our children become welfare moochers and homeless bums.” If you look back to page 381, this is use of the Either/Or fallacy: “The writer tries to convince the readers that there are only two sides to an issue – one right, one wrong.” So then, under number 1 on my paper, I would list the Either/Or fallacy:
1.
Either/Or
Now, you finish the other three paragraphs (keep in mind that most paragraphs contain more than one logical fallacy).
