WARM UP (DO YOU HAVE YOUR BADGE?)

READ THE ESSAY “THE LOWEST ANIMAL” BY MARK TWAIN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:1. HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS ESSAY IS A SATIRICAL

ESSAY? SHOW TWO POINTS OF EVIDENCE.2. WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT TWAIN IS MAKING? DO YOU

AGREE? WHY OR WHY NOT.

AGENDA

• WARM UP (20 MINS)• LOGICAL FALLACIES OVERVIEW (50 MINS)• WRITING YOUR OWN FALLACIES (10 MINS)• OVERVIEW OF SPEECH ASSIGNMENT (10 MINS)

AD IGNORANTIAM

• CLAIMING SOMETHING IS TRUE BECAUSE IT CAN NOT BE PROVEN FALSE

EQUIVOCATION

• PLAYING WITH LANGUAGE AND INTENTIONALLY BEING VAGUE.

• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/72238/JULY-27-2006/BETTER-KNOW-A-DISTRICT---DISTRICT-OF-COLUMBIA---ELEANOR-HOLMES-NORTON (2:45)

HASTY GENERALIZATION

• MAKING ASSUMPTIONS WITH TOO LITTLE INFORMATION.

• HTTP://WWW.THEDAILYSHOW.COM/WATCH/TUE-JANUARY-28-2014/WAGE-AGAINST-THE-MACHINE

POST HOC ERGO PROPTER HOC

• CONFUSING A CORRELATION WITH A CAUSAL CONNECTION

• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/422924/JANUARY-16-2013/PAT-ROBERTSON-S-ROMANCE-ADVICE

AD HOMINEM

• ATTACKING/SUPPORTING THE PERSON RATHER THAN THE ARGUMENT

• HTTP://WWW.THEDAILYSHOW.COM/WATCH/TUE-OCTOBER-1-2013/OBAMACARE-BEGINS

SPECIAL PLEADING

• USING DOUBLE STANDARDS TO EXCUSE AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP

• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=VFHYIOFBRNG

FALSE ANALOGY• ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE TWO THINGS ARE

ALIKE IN SOME RESPECTS THEY ARE ALIKE IN OTHER RESPECTS

• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/422753/JANUARY-09-2013/GUN-CONTROL-BACKLASH

FALSE DILEMMA

• ASSUMING THAT ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE EXTREMES EXIST

• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=-23KMHC3P8U

LOADED QUESTION

• A QUESTION THAT IS BIASED BECAUSE IT CONTAINS A BUILT IN ASSUMPTION.

• HTTP://WWW.COLBERTNATION.COM/THE-COLBERT-REPORT-VIDEOS/216371/DECEMBER-15-2008/GREAT-PRESIDENT---OR-GREATEST-PRESIDENT-

WRITE YOUR OWN SATIRICAL SPEECH WITH LOGICAL FALLACIES• THE US GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE TORTURE

AGAINST POLITICAL DETAINEES• EVOLUTION SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS• THE DRINKING AGE SHOULD BE LOWERED TO 18• TEACHERS SHOULD CARRY GUNS IN SCHOOLS• REINSTATING RACIAL SEGREGATION WILL PREVENT RACISTS HATE

CRIMES. • ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE

UNITED STATES