Saturday, October 18, 2014

S.O.A.P.S. and Logical Fallacies

Directions: Watch the video and identify the rhetorical elements.




Part One:

Identify the S.O.A.P.S. for each side of the battle. Label each as Shakespeare and Dr, Seuss.

Part Two:

Identify at least two logical fallacies that each author's side makes. State each logical fallacy and then state why it is a logical fallacy.

Response due before class on Thursday.

Classmate response: instead of a response to a classmate, respond to yourself. Our discussion on Wednesday will have clarified some of the fallacies and the S.O.A.P.S. If you feel that you correctly labeled everything, then congratulate yourself on a job well-done. However, if you want to add to parts One or Two in order to create a more complete analysis, then this is your chance. Your initial response and response to yourself will be graded as follows:

Initial response: 2 points
Following directions in initial response: 2 points
Response to self on time: 2 points
Response to self accurately identifies mistakes in original post (if any): 4 points

Response due by 5pm on Friday, October 24th.

15 comments:

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  2. Shakespare:
    S- who's the better author
    O- rap battle
    A- Dr. Suess
    P- to persuade he's the better author
    S- William Shakespeare
    Logical Fallacies:
    Technical Jargon- when he raps fast he uses fancy words I don't even know what they mean
    Non-sequitur: when he brings up the fact that Dr. Seuss is not a doctor

    Dr. Seuss:
    S- who's the better author
    O- rap battle
    A- Shakespeare
    P- to persuade he's the better author
    S- The Cat in the Hat and Things 1 and 2
    Logical Fallacies:
    Ad Hominem: when he makes fun of Shakespeare's writing saying he bores people to death.
    Begging the question: most of his argument he's making fun of Shakespeare instead of giving evidence

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    1. I am unsure of my Occasion. I was hoping Chris would see something I didn't . There were other logical fallacies that I didn't mention because we were only asked to list 2, but I'm pretty sure everyone else listed the ones I did not.

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  3. Dr. Seuss:
    S- Who is a better journalist
    O- Epic rap battle of history
    A- Shakespeare
    P- To get Shakespeare to believe that Dr. Seuss is the better journalist
    S- Thing 1 and thing 2, and the cat in the hat
    Logical Fallacies:
    Hasty generalization: saying that Shakespeare is a boring author
    Begging the question: Dr. Seuss arguing that he is the better author without providing legit proof for why he is

    Shakespeare:
    S- Who is a better journalist
    O- Epic rap battle of history
    A- Dr. Seuss
    P- To get Dr. Seuss to believe that Shakespeare is the better author
    S- Shakespeare, William
    Logical Fallacies:
    Non-sequitur: when Shakespeare says that Dr. Seuss isn't even a real doctor
    Technical Jargon: rapping really fast, and using big words so that Dr. Seuss can’t really understand

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  4. Shakespare:
    S- Dr. Seuss isn't as good of an author as Shakespeare
    O- rap battle
    A- Dr. Suess' characters (Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd)
    P- determine who's the better author/ insult each other
    S- William Shakespeare (George Watsky)
    Logical Fallacies:
    Red herring: Saying that his work is by a kindergartener on acid
    Non-sequitur: says that Seuss is a crook and he probably wrote twilight too

    Dr. Seuss:
    S- Shakespeare isn't as good of an author as Dr. Seuss
    O- rap battle
    A- Shakespeare (George Watsky)
    P- determine who's the better author/ insult each other
    S- The Cat in the Hat and Things 1 and 2 (Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd)
    Logical Fallacies:
    False Authority: the speakers are characters not experts so why listen to them
    Begging the question: a lot of it is just insults with no evidence

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    1. I think the soaps are right for both sides. The red herring fallacy might be wrong. I want to replace it with non sequitur: Dr. Seuss isn't a real doctor.

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  5. Shakespeare
    S- Dr. Seuss is not as good as Shakespeare
    O- Rap battle
    A- Dr. Seuss (characters Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd)
    P- To decide who is a better writer.
    S- William Shakespeare
    Logical Fallacies-
    Technical Jargon- Raps really fast and uses big words neither I nor Dr. Seuss understands.
    Non-Sequitur- Dr. Seuss is not a real doctor.

    Dr. Seuss
    S-Shakespeare is not as good as Dr. Seuss
    O- Rap battle
    A- William Shakespeare (George Watsky)
    P- To decide who is a better writer.
    S- Dr. Seuss (The Cat in the Hat and Thing 1&2)
    Logical Fallacies-
    False Authority- The characters are not real so they do not have the credibility.
    Begging the Question- Not giving evidence why he thinks he is better.

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    1. I think that I grasped the concept of the S.O.A.P.S well and think that I labeled the correct fallacies.

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  6. Shakespeare:
    S- Shakespeare is better than Dr. Seuss
    O- "Epic Rap Battles of History"
    A- "Dr. Seuss"
    P- To argue that De. Seuss is not a good author and to prove that he (Shakespeare) is better.
    S- "Shakespeare"
    Logical Fallacies:
    Red Herring- pretty much everything he says during the fast part of his rap
    Technical Jargon - during the fast part of his rap be says a lot of big words that don't really mean a lot in his argument, but he uses them to sound more sophisticated

    Dr. Seuss:
    S- Dr. Seuss is better than Shakespeare
    O- "Epic Rap Battles of History"
    A- "Dr. Seuss"
    P- To argue that Shakespeare is not a good author and he (Dr. Seuss) is getting upstaged.
    S- "Cat in the Hat" and "Things 1 and 2"
    Logical Fallacies:
    False Authority- Stating that his stuff is so boring that Horton and Cindy Lou Who don't want to hear him.
    Begging the Question - When he says that Shakespeare bores people to death, this is an opinion and it cannot be proved or disproved.

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    1. I think I did well identifying the SOAPS and logical fallacies.

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  7. Dr. Seuss
    S-who is the better author
    O-epic rap battle of history
    A-Shakespeare
    P-trying to prove to Shakespeare that he is the better author
    S-the cat in the hat, thing 1 and thing 2
    Logical fallacies:
    Sweeping Generalization- saying that Shakespeare is boring
    False Authority- the speakers are characters so they can’t be experts on the subject

    Shakespeare:
    S-who is the better author
    O-epic rap battle of history
    A-Dr. Seuss
    P-to try and prove to Dr. Seuss that he is the better author
    S-William Shakespeare
    Logical fallacies:
    Non sequitur – saying that Dr. Seuss isn’t a real doctor
    Technical Jargon- rapping so fast it’s hard to understand unless you read the words and then using big words that most people don’t know the meaning of

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  8. Shakespeare:
    S- who is superior author
    O- Epic Rap Battles of History
    A- youtube, Dr Seuss
    P- to prove who is a better author
    S- Shakespeare
    Snob Appeal: using pretentious language
    Flattery: appeals to intelligence by mocking Dr Seuss' language

    Dr. Seuss:
    S- who is the superior author
    O- Epic Rap Battles of History
    A- youtube, Shakespeare
    P- to prove who is better author
    S- Dr. Seuss
    Inappropriate Appeal- identifies with his characters as if they were real
    False Authority- calls Shakespeare boring, which cannot be proven

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  9. Shakespeare
    S- Dr. Suess is better than Shakespeare
    O- Rap battle
    A- Dr. Suess
    P- To prove that he is the best author.
    S- William Shakespeare
    Logical Fallacies
    Non sequitur: He jumped into conclusion that Dr. Suess is not a doctor
    Hasty generalization: He doesn’t give enough evidence to prove that Shakespeare is a boring author.

    Dr. Suess
    S- Shakespeare is better than Dr. Suess
    O- Rap battle
    A-William Shakespeare
    P- To prove that he is the best author.
    S- Dr. Suess
    Logical Fallacies
    Begging the question: Not proving why he thinks he’s better than William Shakespeare
    False Authority: People do not know he is an actor, so his rapping lost trustworthiness.

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  10. Shakespeare
    S- Dr. Seuss isn't as good as Shakespeare
    O- Rap battle
    A- Dr. Seuss
    P- Trying to prove who is a better author.
    S- William Shakespeare (George Watsky)
    Logical Fallacies-
    Non-Sequitar - Dr. Seuss isn't a real doctor.
    Snob Appeal- Word choices used, was all pretentious.

    Dr. Seuss
    S- Shakespeare isn't as good as Dr. Seuss
    O- Rap battle
    A- Shakespeare
    P-Trying to prove who is a better author.
    S- Dr Seuss( The cat in the hat and Thing 1&2)
    Logical Fallacies-
    Begging the question- No real evidence is used
    False Authority- People based off of characters, and can't be believed.

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  11. Shakespeare:
    S – Who is better author and actor
    0 – rape battle
    A –dr. sue
    P – To make dr. sue understand that he is better author and actor
    S – Williams Shakespeare
    Logical fallacies: rap very fast and use big word.
    Non sequitur: at the time he brings up the fact that dr. sews is not a doctor.

    Dr. sews
    S –who is a better author and actor
    O – Rap battle
    A – William Shakespeare
    P – To persuade that he is a better author and actor
    S –the cat in hat and things 1 and 2
    Logical fallacies: saying that Shakespeare is not a good actor or author
    Begging the question: Dr. sews argues that he is a better author without sowing more evidence.

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