D9 – Bellringer Those who didn’t present last time, get ready to. Those who have, take a look at procon.org / elsewhere, and find a topic you don’t know much about. Read about it, and after looking at it, come up with an opinion (uninformed as it may yet be, no worries). We’ll be picking a few more topics to discuss, research, etc. So which one do we want to participate in? FYI, most of you went over 600 words in text alone…so I was thinking that the Write the World contest would be best for our purposes.

Rhetoric Reading: Let’s take a look at our book: pp. 26-31 What are topoi? How can they help us create an argument? What acronym can you use to utilize topoi better? “If I eat a lot of snacks when I’m nervous, then I may assume that others do the same.” This is an example of: What does “A” in the acronym stand for? Give an example: What about “C”? A is Au________. Why does this carry weight? “Effective is a________-b_____.” Why does this matter? “Your challenge is to grow in rhetorical knowledge by:”

Quiz Time NOTE: We will have a quiz next time, so review your notes / fallacies / etc.!

Final 5: Logical Fallacy of the Day: The Biased Sample Fallacy VID This is drawing a conclusion about the whole population / group from a sample that is biased in some way, which means that their opinions aren’t truly representative of the population as a whole. Logical Form: Sample S , which is biased, is taken from population P. Conclusion C is drawn about population P based on S. Conclusion C is faulty though…