For this journal entry, you must find an online news article that exemplifies one or more of the rhetorical devices or informal fallacies from chapter four. Provide a link to the article and write a 250 or more journal entry explaining which rhetorical devices and/or informal fallacies you feel the article exemplified, stating the rhetorical devices or informal fallacies by name and elaborating on whether you feel their use was intentional or unintentional on the part of the author. If you feel the use of them was intentional, elaborate on possible motives. Finally, be sure to explain how you will avoid succumbing to rhetorical devices and informal fallacies in the future, regardless of where you may encounter them.
find an article on a controversial topic (stem cell research, cloning, abortion, gun control, Internet privacy, etc…. these are just samples; find a topic that interests you) and evaluate that article using the steps of evaluating a complex argument as found on pages 64 – 70 of your textbook. Write a 250 or more word journal entry explaining your evaluation (being sure to state the steps of the evaluation by name). Additionally, share your thoughts on the article at the end of your evaluation such as whether or not you see the topic a bit differently now that you know how to evaluate an argument.
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