1. 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.

2. 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:”

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

4. 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…