Wednesday, October 29, 2008
What else?
I don't think we need to know anything else about arguments. I feel like we covered them very well. I learned how to write a good argument paper. I learned how to make good arguments too. I do not have any more questions about arguments or forming them. I believe we covered the topic very well.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Audience
For my argument paper on animal rights I would my audience to be college students. I will try to convince Jane Doe who believes that testing products on animals is ok. She is around 20 years old and attends college. She is a geniunely nice person and enjoys being around people. She always has to look good so she owns a lot of beauty products. She owns makeup, perfume, and a lot of nail polish. She is very ignorant about the treatment of animals in testing centers. The only reason she believes animal testing is ok is because she doesn't have a reason to believe that is it wrong.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
argument
The last argument I was in was with my friend, Matt. He thought it was just fine that he was addicted to drugs. He did not have a problem with it. He also did not see it as a bad thing even though he was kicked out of the dorms for possesion. I thought Matt being addicted was a really bad thing. I saw it as a problem. Matt did not care that drugs were illegal and believed that they should be legalized. I did care that drugs were illegal and didn't believe they should be legalized. We argued about this issues for a long time. I may have argued using the appeal to pity fallacy. I wanted to Matt to feel pity for himself because he didn't any place to sleep or keep all of his stuff. I think this was the only logical fallacy I used when arguing with Matt.
fallacy
The fallacy that I remember the most is the Fallacy of Division. This fallacy states that a false conclusion is made from true information. I live in the Julia Sears dorms. These dorms cost much more than all the other dorms on campus. People often say that because I live in Juila Sears, I am rich. This would be a fallacy of division. I do live in the more expense dorms, but I am not rich. This is the fallacy I remember most because I believe that a lot of people use this fallacy in speech and in writing. It is a very commonly used fallacy.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Personal Essays
The thing I like most about writing personal essays is knowing everything about the topic. Whatever topic I choose to write about, I know all the answers. I do not have to research the topic or find any sources. I already know everything that happened. I am an expert on the topic, without trying to be. This is my favorite part about writing a personal essay.
When writing a personal essay, my least favorite part is trying to think of a good topic to write about. To me, my life is not anything really exciting. The stories are all old and no longer noteworthy. None of the topics I think of seem interesting enough to write about. In reality, my stories are interesting. Many people have not heard them, and to that person, the story is not boring. Choosing a topic to write a personal essay on is my least favorite part.
When writing a personal essay, my least favorite part is trying to think of a good topic to write about. To me, my life is not anything really exciting. The stories are all old and no longer noteworthy. None of the topics I think of seem interesting enough to write about. In reality, my stories are interesting. Many people have not heard them, and to that person, the story is not boring. Choosing a topic to write a personal essay on is my least favorite part.
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