Identify which type of fallacy it is and then take notes as to how it is a fallacy. Make sure to note from where you go the information (either the OWL Purdue handout or the UNC Fallacies handout).

GRAY/ Fall 2019

ASSIGNMENT:

You will write a three to four page essay identifying three different fallacies that you discover from print media (an advertisement, article, editorial, letter to the editor). You will classify one fallacy per artifact. You may only use magazines or newspapers, and no sources may be found online. Online magazines and newspapers are not acceptable. Your thesis statement will include the types of fallacies you have discovered or the three artifacts you used.

NOTE: I use the term artifact to mean an advertisement, article, editorial or letter to the editor.

PROCESS:

1. Read the pages in the module. Also, use your notes on fallacies from your instructor.
2. Read/ look through the newspaper or magazine of your choice and locate examples of the fallacies.
3. Identify which type of fallacy it is and then take notes as to how it is a fallacy. Make sure to note from where you go the information (either the OWL Purdue handout or the UNC Fallacies handout).
4. Make specific references to the sections or components of the message that illustrate why it is an example of a fallacy.
5. Write your first draft.
6. Reread, revise and rewrite.
7. If you quote or paraphrase information from the textbook or handouts, internally cite it in the essay as instructed. See the Using Sources handout for signal phrase information. Also, refer to the PowerPoint for e2 in-text citations. It covers exactly how to write the citations in your essay.
8. Bring two copies of the draft on the due date.
9. Reread, revise and rewrite.

10. Bring your final draft, the examples (articles, ads, letters, etc.), teacher draft, class draft and peer reviews to class on the due date.
11. Upload the final draft to turnitin.com.

 

YOUR ESSAY SHOULD:

–          Be logically organized.

–          Contain a concrete thesis.

–          Have an introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.

–          Each body paragraph should cover one fallacy.

–          Cover at least two different types of fallacies.

–          Have topic and transition sentences.

–          Be free of grammar and punctuation errors.

–          Be free of second person (you, yourself, etc.) unless in a quote.

–          Follow proper format.

–          Follow the assignment.

–          Use in-text citations for anything cited from the handouts and artifacts. If you do not know how to use them for this essay, please refer to the PowerPoint in the Essay 2 module. I have specifically shown you how to write the citations for this assignment in the PowerPoint. If you use sources without in-text citations, it is considered plagiarism, and YOU WILL FAIL THE CLASS. There is also a handout in the module titled Using Sources that can help as well. Also, don’t forget the quotation marks for phrases and sentences that you copy.

–         Attach the artifacts to the essay

Notes about word choice, verb tense and agreement:

• The word article refers to a short essay in a magazine or newspaper. An advertisement is not an article. You can call it an artifact.
• Ad is short for advertisement. Add is short for addition. ADD is Attention Deficit Disorder.
• Watch your word choice agreement. For example, take a sentence like: Companies use ads to sell their product. Product should be plural. It’s more than one company, so it is more than one product.

The same is true when you are using a quote about a fallacy that is written for more than one. For example, if the handout covers hasty generalization appeals (more than one hasty generalization appeal), then make sure your signal phrase is plural, too.

Notes about MLA format:

• Remember magazine and newspaper titles are written in italics.
• You do not need a works cited page for this assignment.
• Refer to the PowerPoint in the Essay 2 module for specifics on MLA in-text citations.
• Make sure you use signal phrases.

Outline for Essay 2

Note: The topic sentences and transition sentences have to be in these locations (PEEL), but the information in between them can be in a different order.

1. Introduction

(Ideas for intro: broad topics of advertising, specific types of products, fallacies, or an anecdote)

With thesis (Your thesis should have the fallacies or the artifacts listed. If you choose to use the fallacies, your topic sentences should also have the fallacy in it. If you choose to use the artifacts, then the topic sentences should have the artifact in it.)

1. BP1 First artifact you have chosen

Topic Sentence (fallacy or artifact)

Description of artifact (What does it look like? What information does it have?)

Description of fallacy (Explain the fallacy from the handouts. Use in-text citations. You can quote the handout, too.)

Possible citations (See the in-text citations PowerPoint in the module)

Proof that the artifact is an example of the fallacy you claim (Why is it an example of that fallacy? What evidence in the artifact proves that?)

Transition Sentence

III. BP2 Second artifact you have chosen 

Topic Sentence (fallacy or artifact)

Description of artifact

Description of fallacy

Possible citations

Proof that the artifact is an example of the fallacy you claim

Transition Sentence

1. BP3 Third artifact you have chosen

Topic Sentence (fallacy or artifact)

Description of artifact

Description of fallacy

Possible citations

Proof that the artifact is an example of the fallacy you claim

Transition Sentence

1. Conclusion

– include thesis points

(Ideas for conclusion: what I learned from the assignment, call to action, or an anecdote)