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Fallacy Of Personal Attack
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are three forms of personal attack, character assassination, circumstantial
and tu quoque.
Character assassination is a personal attack where the arguer's
reputation is considered evidence that his argument is false. For example,
if a convicted felon out of jail has an argument, most people will not
believe him because of his prior involvement with illegal matters. By
rejecting his argument only because he was in jail, a personal attack has
occurred.
Circumstantial personal attack is another form of the fallacy. If
a person thinks that university professors teach better that community
college professors, then that person as .....
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Irony In Animal Farm
Words: 382 - Pages: 2.... dynamic use of verbal irony. The novel also has some good situational irony. A good example is when the pigs begin to walk, something that they vowed they would never do, or when they got drunk, again, something they vowed they would never do. In addition to verbal and situational irony, we can too find some dramatic irony. When Boxer is sent off to be slaughtered, the characters trust Squealer when he says Boxer is being taking off to a hospital, but the reader knows the truth. While that is a good example, the best, perhaps, is the ending where it is stated that the onlooker could not tell the difference between pig and man.
The t .....
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Comparing And Contrasting Rouse And Hamilton's Books On Greek Mythology
Words: 461 - Pages: 2.... from the head of Zeus. Zeus loved her very much. She taught the
people to do carving and handicrafts. Both said that she wore lots of
armor. She ruled Athens. She was a virgin and got the nickname Maiden.
Rouse that she had a mother named Metis. Hamilton said she had none.
Hamilton said she was the inventor of the bridle. Rouse said nothing about
that.
Meleagros was a fighting god who killed the wild boar in Calydon
with the help of Atlanta. Atlanta shot the boar with an arrow. At the time
it was wounded, Meleagros went to the boar and stabbed it in the heart. He
gave the boar's skin to Atlanta. Both authors also said he was in love
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Wood
Words: 1198 - Pages: 5.... to happen.
After the first couple loads, there came reports that the logs
weren’t reaching their destination. Some of the men started talking
about how they were logging on uncharted territory and this was
a bad omen. Woody just laughed and said, “Uncharted territory or
not, we have a job to do and I’m not going to let some little thing
like this ruin my reputation. I’ll go see what the problem is.” And
so Woody packed a bag with supplies and sailed off down the river
to find the missing logs. It wasn’t long before the lush green
landscape of trees he saw around .....
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The Theme For English B
Words: 271 - Pages: 1.... students, "let that paper come out of you then, it will be true." In the paper, Hughes explains everything that comes from his heart, just like his professor wanted him too. In the poem, he explains exactly how an Arican-America man feels, acts and what he does in everyday life. The point that he is trying to get across to his professor is that he, the black man, likes and does the same things as the white man. In the poem he say, "I guess being colored doesn't make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races, so will my page be colored that I write?" Hughes is wondering is his paper is going to be graded differente .....
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Shakespeares Macbeth
Words: 2200 - Pages: 8.... The chase is afoot to find the killer. As the third act unfolds, Macbeth is now the proclaimed king. At a ceremonial banquet in his honor, Macbeth is tormented by his visions of Banquo. He plans to have Banquo and his son Fleance murdered. The attempt is somewhat successful, as Banquo is killed but Fleance manages to escape. In the last few scenes of this act, Macbeth is plagued by the ghost of Banquo. People start to suspect something suspicious of Macbeth. The fourth act starts off, once again, with Macbeth visiting the witches. They tell him that he will not be harmed by a woman, and that he will not be vanquished until Birnam Wood comes .....
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Compare And Contrast Of Araby
Words: 962 - Pages: 4.... It almost seems as if he could grow to be a psychopath. He follows behind her on the way to school, waits for her before school, and watches her from his door.
The young girl on the other hand, lives in the outskirts of town, if not pure country. She does not play with anybody but a younger brother she has. She worships her father and neglects her mother. She also has no respect for her mother, although later in the story, she goes on about all the hard work she does. Unlike the boy, the young girl is kept occupied with lots of work.
In comparing these two stories, you will obviously notice the close ages of these two. Although, the stori .....
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Battleground
Words: 1017 - Pages: 4.... school. Both sides had different organizations backing them. The case gained national attention. The federal court sided with the school district in the end, but Vicki Frost did raise attention on how schoolbooks are chosen for our public schools.
The book by Stephen Bates brings up a very controversial issue, should parents be able to control what their children read in public schools. Bates does not criticize either side during this book. Bates does a good job narrating the book giving good details and letting the reader make his/her own decision. Vicki Frost is a parent who does not want her kids reading books that contradi .....
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Influences On Early American L
Words: 1141 - Pages: 5.... united through a series of common qualities and values. The most important of these is the quality of individualism. To be an individualist ties in all the other essential qualities of being an American such as the right to create your own destiny. The opposite of this value is conformity, an essential trait of those under a hierarchical system such as a monarchy. Conformity is not only seen as a trait of the subservient but also a destroyer of true democracy.
Individualism was a trait actual selected for by the very processes which led a certain type of person to come to America. The non-conformists were people who would not allow themselv .....
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The American
Words: 995 - Pages: 4.... and distinguishing him from a European. His last name "Newman" is very symbolic. He has traveled to Europe and Paris to basically become a "new man." He has given up his previous life of business and hard work, and is determined to live carefree and abroad. Newman changes day by day, and the reader follows along with these changes.
The name Claire de Cintré also enhances the reader’s knowledge of her as a person. "Claire" in French means "light" and "Cintré" often can be translated as "crazy" or "insane." Claire is a light in many ways. She alw .....
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