Have you heard about the Podcast contest?
Movie Quiz
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room: pnuglobalstudies
Straw Person
Saying or restating your an opposing argument in an inaccurate way to easily refute it.
BABIES!
working
Thesis Statement
Descriptive
Language
identify any
Evaluative
Language
in the
summary
Grammar
Check:
NO Commas after coordinating conjunctions.
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so
So, we need to
stop them from murdering dolphins.
And, the Japanese fishermen in Taiji slaughter dolphins.
*Try to stay focused on one aspect of the movie
*Avoid using ad hominem and tu quoque (but feel free to evaluate with them).
*Examples?
Ad Hominem
Rather than refuting an argument, one responds with a criticism of the person who made the argument.
Tu Quoque
Someone's hypocrisy used as evidence against their argument.
Opposing Argument
*If someone can disagree with you, it's a good sign that you have a thesis.
*Avoid Straw People, make this
as strong as you can.