East Los Angeles College Argumentation Straw Man Fallacy Final Paper
Question Description
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Section 1: (50 points)
Watch the Trump/Biden Presidential debate attached and identify 5 fallacies using the following format:
BE SURE TO USE THIS FORMAT WHEN ANSWERING THIS SECTION:
- Type of Fallacy (2 point)
- Word for word transcript of the sample from the debate. Be sure to cite the time stamp or the page number from the transcript provided. Please do not paraphrase. (2 point)
- Analysis of how the statement or statements referenced are an example of the type of fallacy provided. (6 points)
- Type of Fallacy (2 point)
- Word for word transcript of the sample from the debate. Be sure to cite the time stamp or the page number from the transcript provided. Please do not paraphrase. (2 point)
- Analysis of how the statement or statements referenced are an example of the type of fallacy provided. (6 points)
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BE SURE TO DO A TOTAL OF 5 FOR THIS SECTION.
Presidential Debate and Transcript
Section 2: (50 points)
Select from one of the 3 following Debate or Speech options. Then, analyze at least 5 different arguments made within the the selected speech or debate. All 5 must come from the same speech or debate option. Be sure to indicate on the top of this section, which speech or debate option you selected. Be sure to answer all 3 sections for each argument selected using the following format:
BE SURE TO USE THIS FORMAT WHEN ANSWERING THIS SECTION
- Argument #1: What claim is being made? (2 point)
- What kind of claim is it (Fact, Value, or Policy)? (2 point)
- Does the author provide enough evidence for the argument? If yes, explain how? If no, what would they need to include or exclude to reasonably support their argument? (2 points)
- Offer a complete counter argument to the argument you selected with compelling evidence. (4 points)
- Argument #2: What claim is being made? (2 point)
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- What kind of claim is it (Fact, Value, or Policy)? (2 point)
- Does the author provide enough evidence for the argument? If yes, explain how? If no, what would they need to include or exclude to reasonably support their argument? (2 points)
- Offer a complete counter argument to the argument you selected with compelling evidence. (4 points)
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OPTION # 1
University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address – Admiral William H. McRaven
OPTION #2
OPTION # 3
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