Homework Assignments (Spring 2010)

Assignment #1

1. GoF 1.25 - Your typed discussion should be about 3/4 of a page in length.

2. Find a letter to the editor or an op ed piece in a current local newspaper.
   Convert the 'argument' used into both standard form and an argument diagram.
   Turn in:
   1. a dated copy of your source
   2. the standard form map
   3. the argument diagram
   4. a 1/4 page discussion of which method better helped you capture the argument

Assignment #2

1. Write a one page discussion about the privacy issues related to traffic light cameras.

Assignment #3

1. Using the on-line fallacy list, identify the fallacy committed and explain how it commits that fallacy in one or two sentences for the following example arguments:
   • 1, 2, 5, 7
   • 18, 39, 41, 42
   • 44, 45, 61, 102
   • 142, 191, 194, 195

Assignment #4

1. Using the on-line fallacy list, identify the fallacy and explain how it commits that fallacy in one or two sentences for the following example arguments:
   • 3, 17, 20, 23
   • 31, 35, 47, 51
   • 52, 53, 59, 66
   • 68, 69, 70, 128

Assignment #5

1. Write a one page discussion on GoF 2.42
2. Write a one page discussion on GoF 3.19

Assignment #6

1. Using the on-line fallacy list, identify the fallacy and explain how it commits that fallacy in one or two sentences for the following example arguments:
   • 10, 16, 21, 29
   • 36, 95, 96, 100
   • 180, 185, 187, 188
   • 189, 204, 209, 212

Assignment #7

1. Write a one page discussion on GoF 4.47
2. Write a one page discussion on GoF 5.35

Assignment #8

1. Using the on-line fallacy list, identify the fallacy and explain how it commits that fallacy in one or two sentences for the following example arguments:
   • 22, 48, 54, 71
   • 76, 79, 141, 156
   • 162, 167, 168, 171
   • 176, 181, 202, 207