good people to do great things.” The purpose of this speech to evaluate Oprah Winfrey speech utilizing the critical thinking skills that have been acquired during term. The paper explains the purpose of the speech as well as answers questions to why words or phases were selected. Running Head: Oprah Winfrey Eulogy for Rosa Parks 3 Given the General Education Assignment in my Critical Thinking class was to evaluate the famous eulogy that Oprah Winfrey had spoken on October 31‚ 2005 at Metropolitan
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Name _Jordan Peterson___________ Critical Thinking Week 2 Homework (50 pts) 1. (12 pts.) Label each definition with the appropriate name of the fallacy from the following list. (Note there will be two fallacy names that are not used.) Ad hominem/attacking the person | Ad ignorantiam/appeal to ignorance | Ad populum/appeal to the people | Ad misercordiam/appeal to pity | Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning | Equivocation | Red Herring | Straw Man | A. Sliding from one
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sense of sight in order to penetrate the brain. Words read with the eyes do not mean the same as to words read with the mind. And as a student steps higher in the ladder of education‚ reading comprehension matures with the increase in the level of critical thinking. Students are exposed to different reading materials. At present‚ the internet has become the most popular source of information due to its availability and ease of use. With just a single click‚ one is exposed to a wide array of information
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Techniques for Writing Multiple-Choice Items that Demand Critical Thinking · Premise - Consequence Analogy Case Study Incomplete Scenario Problem/Solution Evaluation Premise - Consequence Students must identify the correct outcome of a given circumstance. Example: If nominal gross national product (GNP) increases at a rate of 10% per year and the GNP deflator increases at 8% per year‚ then real GNP: a) Remains constant. b) Rises by 10%. c) Falls by 8%. d) Rises by 2%. Note:
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Art of Critical Reading REA 1205 Text Answer Key to Textbook Pages Chapter 4 Page 142 & 143 (answers will vary) 1. defined as‚ called 2. categories‚ groups 3. but‚ but 4. For example‚ for instance 5. And‚ likewise‚ similarly 6. because‚ because 7. first‚ then‚ finally Page 147 (answers will vary) Classification and Division 1. classify 2. grouping 3. divide 4. category 5. split 6. classes 7. combine Page 148 Cause and Effect
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types of assumptions that may be considered when determining whether or not an assumption is warranted or unwarranted. Example: Logical assumptions‚ illogical assumptions‚ explicit or implicit assumptions‚ analytic assumption‚ etc. Therefore‚ as critical thinkers we are required to examine the premise on which any assumptions is made to determine its validity. According to an article English 101 on the Shoreline Community College website “All arguments—all attempts to prove something—require assumptions
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conflicts as having two sides and two sides only (405). Constant opinions opposing one another for the same end result‚ one‚ and only one being right. Not only does the argument culture we live in make it more challenging to pass back and forth "critical" information such as‚ religion‚ or politics. The argument culture we see ourselves plunging into limits the amount of
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or perhaps confusion‚ then there will be no common conclusion between two people. If two people agree or have the same or close to the same thought then they are more likely than unlikely to come to a common conclusion. * Ch. 5 & 6 of Critical Thinking cover fallacies and rhetoric. What are two examples of persuasion that are not valid arguments according to the text? Why are these invalid arguments? * * The first example of persuasion that is not a valid is the argument of popularity
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University College of the Caribbean Bsc. Human Resource Management (Group B3 Sunday) Prepared as partial fulfillment of the course Critical thinking Lecturer: Ms. Sherrell R. Wilson Presented by: Andrew Onfroy BS08-12468HR3 Date of submission: November 7‚ 2010 The article was written by distinguished veteran journalist‚ Clare Forrester. Ms Forrester received an award in 2006 from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) for effective leadership and was praised in the citation
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Critical Reasoning Assignment I (Exercise 2) 1. Sappho- The type or style of writing that Sappho used in “To Absent Lovers’” was poetry. This literary work was very familiar to me and was fairly easy to comprehend. The basic subject matter of this story was about two people that seemed to be in love with one another that eventually had to separate in the end. Ban Zhao- In the passage “Admonitions For Women‚” it basically tells us about the way of the woman in ancient medieval China. This was
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