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- Due on Sep. 21, 2008
- Asked on Sep. 18, 2008 at 06:06:44AM
Q:Submit at least a 700 word response in MLA format.
Read Black Men in Public Places by Brent Staples on page 301. Write a response to this essay and describe the elements of fiction. Identify one social issue then locate and define the authors social issues. Use supportive evidence from the essay to reinforce one critical strategy from pages 1367-1378 that best describes your response to this essay. Describe how the author used semiotics, semantics, tropes, and metaphors. Submit using the Assignment Tool.
Logic Fallacy Type Logic Fallacy Statement
1 Hasty generalization Arthur Miller was a great playwright because he was from New York City and Jewish.
2 Slippery slope Everyone is reading The DaVinci Code, so you should read it, too.
3 Bandwagoning I havent seen them all, but from what Ive seen, all of Tom Hanks movies are good.
4 Ad hominim G. Gordon Liddy cant be a good writer; he was part of the Watergate scandal.
5 Red herring If you read trashy novel, youll end up no good.
6 Genetic fallacy She went to Harvard and then became a novelist. Harvard is why she is a good writer.
7 Post hoc Ive read one Harry Potter story; I bet theyre all good.
8 Circular logic Harry Potter books are good because they are high quality.
9 Hasty generalization Ive read several Harry Potter books and they are good because that author has made millions from her writing; in fact, she is the first billion dollar author.
10 Red herring Shakespeare models stories for contemporary writers because he knew what people in his day wanted.
