Assertions - Essay
Introduction
The tasks assigned to the group are to give samples of oversimplified and over general assertions taken from the editorial Let us not forget, published by Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 23, 2011, and provide each with justification. Although they sound similar, they convey completely different problems. Oversimplified assertion is an attempt to explain something complex into a much simpler statement while over general assertions are statements that conclude something from a irrelevant or inaccurate evidences that are usually from a very small number of cases.
So let’s start from oversimplified assertions. From the word itself it is making something so simple that it has no connection from the cause of an event. Oversimplification is also known as the “reductive fallacy,” because of the reducing of number of causes that is involved in the effect. One of the basic reasons why people commit these mistakes is that as writer, a piece needs to be concise and brief as much as possible, so they tend to remove important or critical information.
Examples:
1. Fruits today do not taste good. It is because farmers use pesticides.
2. By prayer, she is saved from death.
Below are the examples of Oversimplified statements.
Paragraph Level
• “Only 72 of the prosecution’s at least 300 witnesses have been presented. As many as 103 of the 196 suspects are still at large (and “roaming around” in Cotabato City, Romel Bagares, a lawyer for the families, said in a TV interview). Of the 93 in custody, 29 have yet to be arraigned, among them Zaldy Ampatuan, a former governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Of the 64 who have been arraigned, 50 have submitted petitions for bail, adding to the weighty load saddling the court of Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes.”
Clarification:
This paragraph can be considered as opposite of oversimplification. Though stated in the writer’s point of view it still provides relative information for the readers. The
The tasks assigned to the group are to give samples of oversimplified and over general assertions taken from the editorial Let us not forget, published by Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 23, 2011, and provide each with justification. Although they sound similar, they convey completely different problems. Oversimplified assertion is an attempt to explain something complex into a much simpler statement while over general assertions are statements that conclude something from a irrelevant or inaccurate evidences that are usually from a very small number of cases.
So let’s start from oversimplified assertions. From the word itself it is making something so simple that it has no connection from the cause of an event. Oversimplification is also known as the “reductive fallacy,” because of the reducing of number of causes that is involved in the effect. One of the basic reasons why people commit these mistakes is that as writer, a piece needs to be concise and brief as much as possible, so they tend to remove important or critical information.
Examples:
1. Fruits today do not taste good. It is because farmers use pesticides.
2. By prayer, she is saved from death.
Below are the examples of Oversimplified statements.
Paragraph Level
• “Only 72 of the prosecution’s at least 300 witnesses have been presented. As many as 103 of the 196 suspects are still at large (and “roaming around” in Cotabato City, Romel Bagares, a lawyer for the families, said in a TV interview). Of the 93 in custody, 29 have yet to be arraigned, among them Zaldy Ampatuan, a former governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Of the 64 who have been arraigned, 50 have submitted petitions for bail, adding to the weighty load saddling the court of Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes.”
Clarification:
This paragraph can be considered as opposite of oversimplification. Though stated in the writer’s point of view it still provides relative information for the readers. The