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Use your textbook to help you respond to the topic and write an ESSAY, and when you quote  and summarize from the course texts, include information about the page  reference . 

 To answer these topics completely, it takes a minimum of 350 words. 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: 

 Why do you think people are tempted to use the straw man fallacy in  disagreements on moral issues? How do you feel when someone uses this  fallacy against you? 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. Compare it to similar fallacies,  and show why your example is a Straw Man rather than another fallacy  like an Appeal to the Person. The discussion of your example should be  detailed so that readers can evaluate the fallacy. Argue the case for  why your example is an example of Straw Man