W6 LA-OL
Purpose
Defining and recognizing fallacies and persuaders.
Learning Activity
This week does not have an online discussion.
OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT (10 Points)
Choose one of the following fallacies.
- ad hominem
- appeal to emotion
- appeal to ignorance
- appeal to popularity (or to the masses)
- appeal to tradition
- begging the question
- burden of proof
- composition
- division
- equivocation
- fallacy
- false dilemma
- faulty analogy
- genetic fallacy
- hasty generalization
- red herring
- slippery slope
- straw man
- tu quoque
Write your own definition of the term. Find or create an example. Create a visual representation of the fallacy that includes the dialog and the definition.
What’s Next?
Next, we will examine strategies for thinking like an academic. Next module.