8: Introduction to Logical Fallacies by Angelica Davila

This chapter continues building on concepts learned in "Introduction to Rhetorical Appeals and Rhetorical Analysis."

This chapter’s content focuses and builds on the following English 101/97 Student Learning Outcomes:

· Critical Thinking and Reading Outcome: Analyze texts for main ideas, supporting details, rhetorical strategy, and point of view

· Critical Thinking and Reading Outcome: Use interpretation to recognize the author’s meaning and strategies (e.g., induction, deduction) to develop ideas

· Critical Thinking and Reading Outcome: Use inference to draw conclusions from textual evidence and prior knowledge

· Critical Thinking and Reading Outcome: Evaluate texts (e.g., purpose, claims, evidence, objectivity, vocabulary)

This chapter contains a reading, classroom activity, and an assignment that helps students identify logical fallacies.

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