Logical Fallacies Weekly Post 4

After reviewing the common logical fallacies, find examples of the satire they create. List the title, definition, and example of the fallacy.

Here's where to look: Choose a segment on the Colbert Report's website http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml
Watch the video and note the fallacies used.

You'll get points for finding as many fallacies as you can. You get double points for responding to posts finding fallacies the original post didn't find in that segment.

Blogging in Mr. Holt's class

I want to know what Mr. Holt and his students think about this blog. How is it better/worse than a course management system like Blackboard or Moodle?

Weekly Blog #4

Pick a teacher at your school (each a different teacher, please, you can't all choose me or Mr. Sellers), and then define the rhetorical choices they make to present their school "persona." These choices are not limited to verbal and non-verbal communication, but include clothes, appearance of room, actions, reactions of others, etc.

For example: He always stands outside his room to greet each of his students as they enter, but he is never smiling. What he is saying is: I have to be here and so do you.

9/13 end of class and homework

Sorry I ran out on you today, leaving you with Ms. Davis, but my daughter fell and got a concussion. Thank goodness everything is okay, but I had to meet her and my wife at the emergency room, which is never fun.

Anyway, I didn't get to
a.) collect your 9/11 worksheets. If you could please email them to me at rholt@hs.spotsylvania.k12.va.us I'd appreciate it.
b.) assign your homework: I was going to ask you to watch President Bush's speech to the nation tonight. If you get this email before he speaks, please take notes on his persona (Speaker choices, credibility, etc.), types of evidence he uses, and Appeals to audience (logos, pathos, and ethos).
-----------------IF you do not get to this blog in time: read, watch, or listen to the analysis of the speech. What Rhetorical terms do the analysts use (lists with their support)? How persuasive do they feel the speech was?

Thanks,

Mr. Holt

Week 3 Post:

Read the article (attached in a link) and respond by analyzing The Senatorial candidate using an Aristotiliean Triangle. What choices seem to be made representing Speaker: Audience: Subject? What is the general Context and how does that affect his message?

In responses analyze the choices your peers notice, by explaining how they work in concert with the other elements of the triangle and help create an over-all message.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20657198/site/newsweek/

Remember to proof read and respond specifically to the article posted.

Thanks and good luck,

Mr. Holt