Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Do Now: “Pit bulls are the canine equivalent of assault weapons.” This is an example of bad logic. Why? Can you extend the problem beyond “pit bulls”?

Today's class centers on the use of propaganda techniques in informational text.
We'll be focusing on :

Name Calling

Euphemisms

"Bandwagon"

Loaded words

Testimonial

Stereotyping

Red Herring

Homework: Answer all questions for this article.

Read the editorial to analyze the author's use of biased reasoning