Attention getter-Everyone thinks they have seen BigFoot all over the world. Newsflash if BigFoot was real, why would he be in every single location known to man.
Thesis- This story is told by a woman who claims she saw BigFoot at her house. Her story is not believable because of all the evidence I found.
Preview- We are going to talk about what kinds of fallacies and what kinds of arguments are stated in this bigfoot story.
Credibility- Professor Vrooman’s charts on Fallacies and the P-OT Chart of arguments he provided fir us.
Body-
Part 1 Fallacies:
Accident- A sweeping
generalization of a fact or a rule, presented as if it has no exception. (The woman wants us to believe
it is BigFoot who watches her.)
Red Herring- The premises of the argument are logically
unrelated to the claim. (The woman attempts to blame her missing apples on BigFoot.)
Appeal to Ignorance- Something is true because there is no
evidence for it. (unusual noises automatically mean BigFoot.)
Wishful Thinking- Something is true because I want it to be.
(No physical evidence of Bigfoot)
Transition- Now that we talked about the arguments I found, lets talk about the different fallacies.
Part 2 P-OT Arguments:
Hierarchically arranged- Example linked to double hierarchy
of multiple events/concepts.
(In this BigFoot story two different stories are being used)
Presence- Event strikes the imagination in connection with
the rule. (The woman claims that she feels someone staring
at her and she right away assumes it is BigFoot)
Space- Making it feel close. (The woman makes it seem like she can see all of BigFoot's features.)
Accident- Connections between act and essence are reduced. (The woman tries to make the reader try to believe her about BigFoot but fails.)
Space- Making it feel close. (The woman makes it seem like she can see all of BigFoot's features.)
Accident- Connections between act and essence are reduced. (The woman tries to make the reader try to believe her about BigFoot but fails.)
Conclusion- Maybe Bigfoot is real and is somewhere on the planet, but for a fact, BigFoot is not in Macoupin County, Illinois. There should be some pictures posted to prove that she did see BigFoot. She should have put more effort into her story to make it more believable.
I think the basic structure of your speech is good but maybe add the different fallacies into your thesis? I know in mine I kind of combine my thesis and my preview into one because essentially, they don't make a convincing argument by using the different fallacies and the whole point of the assignment is to find them so why not add them into your thesis? Other than that I think this works well.
ReplyDeleteThis is very thorough! It definitely feels like you've thought a lot about this and you have a solid idea of what you're doing. :) Maybe at the end, when you say that she should have put more effort into her story to make it more believable, you could also list an example or two of what she could do to make it more believable.
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