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In class this week we have been discussing Logical Fallacies. Logical Fallacies are simply an error in reasoning. Instead of trying to remember all the names for these fallacies you can simply just remember them as: unfair, wrong, irrelevant material, no support. There are many types of theses fallacies for example:

• Begging the question-claim is simply restated
• Red Herring-provides irrelevant and misleading support
• Non Sequitur-conclusion does not follow evidence
• Stacked evidence-evidence to only support one side of an issue

These are just f few examples to get a feel for what are fallacies. Now to better understand how these work and how to diagnose which ones are being used we watched a video on Old Spice with Bruce Campbell.

In this commercial it started off by saying stuff if you don't need "it" then you don't have "it" . During this commercial you don't really know what he is talking about. At first money came to my mind, then sex for some reason by the way he was talking. Then at the eld it shows an Old Spice logo to show they were talking about deodorant the whole time.

We examined this commercial in class and came up with the idea that a few fallacies were used like, Begging the Question when all he was talking about was "it". Then Red Herring because you have no idea what he is talking about but you come up with your own interpretation of what it is. Also Either-Or was used because if you don not wear Old Spice then you don not have "it".

Most things that you see on Television, read, and hear are logical fallacies. Even though you may not know it, if it is an argument then it has one of these fallacies in it. Most authors do not even know they are using them in their work until someone brings it up.

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In class we discussed Logos, which means persuading by the use of reasoning. Reasoning meaning that its fact but also common sense in a way that everyone knows these already. In your paper you would use this technique on an audience to persuade them in your paper. Logos is Greek for word and refers to the consistency of the message you are trying to give. The clarity, logic, and how effective its evidence is very important. You can use two different kinds of logic, inductive and deductive. Inductive logic is telling the reader similar examples and then having a general plan from them. Or you can use deductive which is giving the audience a couple general plan and then drawing a truth.

On Persuasive-Essay.com, it has an example of putting condom machines on campus. He also uses a logical form of persuasive essays that works well on his topic. The author gives many reasons for this like:

1. There are children each year that the parents do not want or are left to fend for themselves.

2. Condoms make sex safer

3. The amount of people getting a STD are increasing

I could not read the rest of the example with out signing up for a subscription and would of liked to read more about it. This author used logos to persuade his audience by using reasoning. His reasonings are illustrated above and make me even want to put a machine on our campus. This example makes you think about this issue and does not make you feel offended or attacked by the author. In many of my papers in high school was in this format and i did not even realize it. Now that I know the different forms of persuasive essays, I can use different ones to see which one is more effective.

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