Overview
Hi Cristina, can you please work on this assignment. First, review the general instructions in the General Essay Discussion Instructions page. Write your essay and save it as a Word document. Submit it to Turnitin.
- write your essay and save it as a Word document.
- Use your course texts to help you respond to the topic, and when you quote and summarize from the course texts, include information about the page reference.
- You are discouraged from using additional sources. If you do choose to use an outside source, be sure to cite your source, just as you do when you use the course texts. If you use a quotation or an example from a website, cite the website's URL and the date accessed.
- Upload the essay in the Turnitin dropbox. Review your similarity report. Make any necessary corrections.
Essay Length tips--To answer these topics completely, it takes about 2 pages, 8-10 paragraphs. Use the topic questions and the scoring rubric to see if your draft responds fully to all parts of the question. A complete, thoughtful answer is more important than word count.
Topic A: What is the fallacy of Straw Man? How is it different than simply disagreeing with someone else’s point of view?
Use the material in Vaughn's book to help you give a detailed explanation of what the mistake in a Straw Man is. To demonstrate your understanding and to teach the idea to the rest of the class, provide a relevant real-life example of the logical mistake. (You MAY use an outside source to help you present your example; be sure to summarize or paraphrase, cite, and use announcing verbs.) Choose carefully - consider whether your example does a good job of illustrating a Straw Man. Contrast it to other fallacies, and show why your example is a Straw Man. The discussion of your example should be detailed so that readers can evaluate the fallacy. Argue the case for why your example is, indeed, an example of Straw Man rather than another fallacy. This is the book being used.
