Bigfoot Outline

Attention Getter: 

• Only remember little about bigfoot growing up. 
• When I think of bigfoot, I think of Jack Link’s Beef Jerky commercials.

Thesis: 

• The man that cited this incident makes a ridiculous argument that states his story has only one outcome that couldn’t be reasoned by anything else other than Bigfoot. This man tries to persuade the reader through the use of different types of arguments and fallacies, and also by being very descriptive. 

Credibility: 

• My name, Vrooman’s charts, and bigfoot website. 

Preview: 

• Arguments used are Hasty Generalization, Wishful thinking, and Texas Sharpshooter. The premises utilized are the Quantity of Loci, Exception of Example, and Aggregation of Presence. 

Body: 

Fallacies: 

1. Wishful Thinking

• Allows the idea that Sasquatch is the cause to become more of a reality as the story unfolds. 

2. Hasty Generalization 

• Allows all natural factors of being in the woods be a case that Sasquatch is the reason behind it.

3. Texas Sharpshooter

• The trap could be none other than BIGFOOT trying to capture me!!! 

Premises: 

1. Loci - Quality:

• It is better to make this a connection to Bigfoot.

2. Exception - Example: 

• The woods have many animals running around that create noise, but let's make this one time about Bigfoot. 

3. Aggregation - Presence: 

• All parts of the story create persuasion to believe that this is Bigfoot. 

Does this argument really work? 

No, unless you are a die hard Bigfoot believer or someone that created the account. 

Conclusion: 

• This story uses different fallacies and premises in an attempt to create persuasion on the reader that Bigfoot is real and there isn’t any other explanation that animals or natural happenings within nature can cause what he went through. 

Clencher: 

• If you really wanna catch Bigfoot, just take a bag of Jack Link’s beef jerky to the woods and make fun of him!