Fallacy Cards: Game Analysis

In Mrs.Smith's English class we had a political ad project. We learned about all the logical fallacies like logos, pathos, and ethos. We also watched political ads. It first started with a plate form we all had to right one. Then we had the option to be with a partner or to go solo and we could combine our plate form. Once we had combined them we had to write our script using it. Trying to fit 7 rhetorical elements, such as ethos, pathos, and everyman. Once we had our script written we had to film our candidate. We had about 3 weeks to complete the project which was plenty of time it just sneaks up kinda fast.

The topics of fallacies that I going to choose will be on some of the statement on the presidental election of this year election. The reason why I picked this topic because there are many different fallacies and opinion throughout this whole campaign.

How is the game of liar’s poker played? The liar’s poker can be played in-group of as small as two or as many as ten, seated in a circle. And the game is played with eight digit serial numbers on a US dollar bill. Each player has to hold dollar bill close to their chest and unseen by other players. The goal of the game is to guess how often a specific digit appears among all the bills held by players in a circle. For example, if the first bidder says three 5s, then there is at least three 5s among the player’s entire bill including his own. The next player can bid higher number like three 6s, any numbers of at higher level like four 5s, or the player can decide to challenge (I doubt it). The game proceeds on clockwise around the table until all the other players decide to challenge one single player’s bid.

For my journal entry I choose to read Online Higher Education’s Individualist Fallacy by Johann N. Neem. Johann Neem is a professor of history at Western Washington University and argues that there is a value in “Institutional culture” for the student that attends traditional classes on a college campus. According to Neem, institutional culture is important because learning is a social experience and depends on relationships since under the guidance of a professor a student will prosper, and be inspired by the energy in the classroom setting. Neem also states that professors are able to adapt easily to the needs of the students that are present in the classroom versus those who attend online. Neem, contends that distance learning undercuts institutional learning due to the fact that students are not fully engaged with their professors and can miss out

In this article titled “Analyzing Arguments: Those You Read and Those You Write” goes over multiple strategies and examples to help you analyze the meaning and purpose of a specific argument and how to strengthen your own.

"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell is a thrilling short story written about two men and their struggle to beat each other in a hunting game. The men appear to be civilized, but the question is whether the men are truly civilized. What evidence could prove if the men are civilized? As the story continues, the characters build up on their known traits and they show their true colors. Are the two men, General Zaroff<Spelling errors> and Sanger<Spelling errors> Rainsford, civilized men?

I arranged all my work to their respective folders and files, read the learning guide, read part of the reading material (Introduction to Statistical Thinking (With R, Without Calculus) again to gain a better understanding ) and watched couples of videos relating to the sampling distribution to gain a better understanding of the topic. I also graded my peer’s unit 6 written assignments.

Divide it into two separate parts, the first being the Intellectual Standards and the second being the Fallacies. Type the sentence or phrase being questioned first and then give all the pertinent information to analyze the statements, such as the standard being violated, why, and how to fix it, or the fallacy and why it is a fallacy.

The artifact I have chosen to attach to the discussion board was CE230 unit nine project. What I learned based on that assignment was how to develop creative activities for young children from the age of five and seven. After completing the different activities with the students in this project we had to show what were the student’s objective and what leaning experience where you trying to achieve and was it accomplished with this activity. Example after completing the activity you would indicated if the student was able to follow directions. You would observe if the child was able to correctly solve the problems and it the students showed interest in the game. I recalled when I was in grade school we played Math Bingo it was fun and educational.

One assignment I’ve done well on this year is the letter we wrote to Anne Northrup. In the letter we had to use primarily: ethos, pathos, and logos to convince Mrs.Northrup to do something we would like her to do. On this particular assignment, my improvement on using these rhetorical devices was evident. I chose to use this assignment as backing evidence for my improvement on the use of ethos, pathos, and logos, because this it contains the best evidence for me to do so. All the rhetorical devices I used were highly effective such as these: “Aren’t college owners rich enough already?” and “Would free college for all U.S. citizens hurt owners even in the slightest way?”.

The first person to fill in all of their squares without repeating a name wins. Tell students to raise their paper and call out if they think they have won. 7. Give students time to complete their scavenger hunt. Walk around the classroom while students are engaged to make sure everyone is playing fairly and nobody is running. Call time when a student has announced they have finished and have students quietly freeze where they are standing while you check the possible winning sheet. If the student is mistaken, have the class resume the activity. If not, ask students to return to their seats. 8. Discuss the scavenger hunt with students. Who learned something new about their classmates? What did they learn? Why was it important to use good listening skills during the scavenger hunt? Why was it important to use good speaking skills? 9. If time allows, students can practice their reading and listening skills online with interactive stories at this Web site http://www.alfy.com/Storyville 10. 11. Evaluation: 12.

Specifically throughout quarter 4, I have seen myself grow in the skill of evaluating a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence. Our class began the rhetorical analysis unit by analyzing articles such as “New Report Confirms You Are Most Interesting, Most Important Individual On Earth” and “Advice to Youth” by Mark Twain. Though these articles explicitly revealed the satirical tone, I had never been exposed to written sarcasm so it was challenging for me to

Choosing somewhere to live is hard. First, the price of the house has to be right. Then, seeing who is going to be living directly to the left or right of the house purchased. Would anyone want a neighbor who tries to take all of the money in the area, simply so they could be happy and rich? Mr. Oakhurst and Tom Walker are both people nobody would want to live next to for that exact reason. In “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by the author, Bret Harte a small group of people get kicked out of their town because of mistakes they have made. They are all accused of different crimes such as gambling, robbing, and prostitution. On the way to a place called Poker Flat, they face many challenges and get stuck in a freezing cabin in the woods. In the end, only one of the characters make it to Poker Flat alive. In “The Devil and Tom Walker” by author Washington Irving a man named Tom makes a deal with the Devil so he can live in wealth rather than in poverty. The Devil gives Tom the job of being a usurer so he can trick people into giving him their money so he can be wealthy. As Tom grows old he regrets his decision and wants to be forgiven but the Devil comes for him and takes him away. Mr. Oakhurst, a character in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” and Tom Walker

We came up with ideas for our week, by going through schools that had done things similar to this and complied them into a list, the list follows;

c. Errors in logic, or fallacies, can make an argument appear weak and unconvincing. Read about good arguments versus fallacies, and complete the five exercises. Then write two syllogisms of your own that are based on fallacies, and explain their logical errors. You might choose from these fallacies: validity problem, post hoc, slippery slope, straw man, inconsistency, begging the question, false dilemma, non sequitur, and ad hominem.