Apply: Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies

ZERO PLAGIARISM!!!

Please read the instructions in detail, the worksheet is attached and needs to be a seperate file from the second part of the homework. 

For this assignment, you will identify fallacies of reasoning. Reasoning is the part of the critical thinking process that allows us to make logical arguments so problems can be solved and decisions can be made.

Part 1 (5 points) 

Review Ch. 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Critical Thinking (12th ed.). 

Complete the Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet. 

Part 2 (5 points) 

Apply what you learned from completing the worksheet by doing the following:

• 1. List 5 rhetorical strategies or rhetorical fallacies that are heard often within the workplace (does not have to be your workplace).
• Then next to each one listed, identify if it is a rhetorical strategy or a rhetorical fallacy.
• Example: 1. Stereotype - is a rhetorical strategy
• 2. Identify a type of rhetorical strategy or rhetorical fallacy that is being used, and then write an example of the stated rhetorical strategy or rhetorical fallacy.

For example (not to be included as part of your assignment):

Ad hominem: I know that you got that position over John because you were our manager's favorite, even though you are not qualified, and John has the experience and education.

Loaded question: Are our hours being reduced to prevent a layoff? 

ZERO PLAGIARISM!!!