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Mastering Persuasion: Recognizing Fallacies for Better Decision-Making

Learn how to spot fallacies in persuasive texts to avoid being misled and make informed choices. Recognize common fallacies and their impact on reasoning. Enhance your critical thinking skills to navigate through advertisements, editorials, speeches, propaganda, blogs, and persuasive essays effectively. Being aware of fallacies can save you from deception in today’s era of rising fake news. Equip yourself with the knowledge to decipher persuasive tactics and make sound judgments. Take charge of your understanding and safeguard yourself from manipulation.

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Mastering Persuasion: Recognizing Fallacies for Better Decision-Making

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  1. Persuasive Texts Fallacies and stuff

  2. What should I know about persuasion? • Persuasive text: the author is attempting to convince you to agree with them or do something. •The author is trying to convince you to agree with their opinion – it may or may not be based on facts. • Fallacies are arguments that use poor reasoning, or when an author tries to convince you with a partial or fudgy truth.

  3. Why is this important to me? • If you don’t understand the fallacies an author uses, you could get tricked! • Not being able to recognize a fallacy could cost you money, time, and heartache. • There has been a surge in “fake news” in our country lately. Don’t be duped!

  4. Forms of Persuasive Writing • Advertisements • Editorials • Speeches • Propaganda • Reviews • Blogs • Persuasive Essays

  5. Forms of Persuasive Writing Advertisements try to convince you to do or buy something.

  6. Forms of Persuasive Writing Editorials are opinion articles that appear in newspapers and magazines, or on television, radio, and the internet. http://topmagazines.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/recommended-magazines-for-people-who-can%E2%80%99t-get-enough/

  7. Forms of Persuasive Writing Persuasive speeches try to convince an audience to take action http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web14/index.html

  8. Forms of Persuasive Writing Propaganda is often about political issues, and usually includes emotionally charged appeals. http://www.zazzle.com/change_we_can_believe_in_poster-228719897857931246http://www.zazzle.com/miss_me_yet_george_bush_billboard_postcard-239692539098456593

  9. Forms of Persuasive Writing Blogs provide commentary on a particular topic, often combining text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. Blogs also allow readers to respond. http://www.ted.com/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects.html

  10. Forms of Persuasive Writing Persuasive essays use logic, reason, and emotion to convince readers to join the writer in a certain point of view. http://www.essay.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/how-to-write-essay.jpg

  11. Set up your paper for C-Notes on vocabulary. • Don’t worry, it won’t be so bad!

  12. Loaded Terms: emotionally charged words or phrases.https://youtu.be/SKL254Y_jtc?list=PLjGSS-GYxUOxqXCfQqf1_4UQcbCg4dM4N

  13. Leading Questions: questions that suggest an answer.https://youtu.be/Dtp_mq2fO24

  14. Incorrect Premises: false information is the premise of an argument, which often leads to false conclusions.Categorical Claims: how one thing leads to another.https://youtu.be/kIv3m2gMgUU

  15. False Assumption: an idea without evidence.https://youtu.be/H4SpQqP2zuU

  16. Ad Hominem: Skipping the issue and attacking the person.https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=owGykVbfgUE

  17. Exaggeration: stretching the truthhttps://youtu.be/1X_M47SQF6s

  18. Stereotyping: oversimplifying an idea, or categorizing many people or things together.https://youtu.be/8tZR3M7SQwA

  19. Caricature:exaggerating someone or something’s traits.https://youtu.be/vtP-S9OS0o0?list=PLiG_ypbO1bHn2TXEzsr0ZIS-VyJ20PUKx

  20. Copy this chart onto a sheet of paper. Complete it according to the following videos and pictures. This is for a grade!

  21. 1. What type of fallacy is this? Why do you think so?https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zPBs5_ZYTrg

  22. 2. Which fallacy is this? Why do you think so?https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vQcX3pOJxbk

  23. 3. Which fallacy is this? Why do you think so?https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BcSIh2-_RUA

  24. 4. Which fallacy is this? Why do you think so?https://youtu.be/WwP_tXXqx_M?list=PLsc5peQPZ7Nx5FbqB4jHOKCCch7xe_dE9

  25. 5. Which fallacy is this? Why do you think so?

  26. 6. Which fallacy is this? Why do you think so?

  27. 7. Which fallacy is this? Why do you think so?

  28. 8. Which fallacy is this? Why do you think so?

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