Something is Watching Us- Speech OUTLINE

 Chassadi Wilkinson 

COMM 274 01 

Vrooman 

3.22.2022 

OUTLINE 

Introduction: 

Attention → “Pancakes” 

Thesis → “This story uses the necessary...” 

Cred. → Frantic & Obsessive review for the last few weeks 

Prev. →               

1. - Gather & Mix (Fallacies) 
2. - Scoop & Flip (Prem.) 
3. - Heat & Time (Prem. Mod.)
4. -Final Plate Prep (Argu.) 

Body: 

Gather and Mix: Piece 1- Fallacies:  

Accident: No Exceptions  

• It’s okay to spill some milk or drop some eggs!  

Post Hoc: "This caused That” 

• Mixing the Ingredients: combining info to create understanding of sit. 

Bandwagon: Popular idea is correct 

• Add some sprinkles- everyone loves sprinkles! 

!!Transition!!  

Scoop and Flip: Piece 2- Premises  

Presumptions: The Normal 

• Based on reference group or experience 

!!Transition!!  

Heat! Piece 3- Premise Modifiers  

Presence: Time 

• Urgent  

!!Transition!!  

Plate Prep: Piece 4- Arguments  

Establishing the Structure of Reality 

Example: Single 

• One event= an example 

!!Transition!!  

Conclusion:  

“This story utilizes different Rhetorical devices...” 

The Haunted Inn-Outline

GCSB Outline - Dakota Timmermann

Ghostly Children of Santa Barbara Slides - Dakota Timmermann

Argument P-OT Analysis (The Haunted Inn)

Arguments P-OT Analysis Chart - Dakota Timmermann

Fallacies Analysis Chart - Dakota Timmermann

 

Device	Definition	Example
Appeal to misleading authority	Using an authority to affirm a conclusion when the authority is not an expert enough in the context, to assure the conclusion	”After Mrs. P______, the psychic, announced that the boy had left the house […]”
Anecdotal Fallacy/ Misleading Vividness	A Hasty Generalization that relies on the availability heuristic (we generalize from vivid stories more readily).	”We were trying to locate a house plagued by a number of psychic phenomena described by the residents as ‘horrifying.”’
Regression	Mistaking statistical regression to the man as a causal relationship	”She told them that nothin in the house could harm them. The two women listened intently and seemed relieved. They were pleased we did not judge them as others had.”
Texas Sharpshooter	Causal attributions are made about a cluster you analytically create. But the clustering effect make by chance or another cause.	Stories about several instances in the house including a woman, little boy, and group of children. The psychic happens to see the little boy.
Emotional Appeal	Something is true because it makes us feel good or untrue because it doesn’t.	”The fear in their eyes told us that these events were genuine and the cause of real concern to them. How much was real or imagined we could not know for certain, but one of our objectives was to relieve this feat and reassure them.”