WORKSHOP - TWO ENGL 231

Universidad del Turabo

Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Escuela de Estudios Profesionales Programa Ahora

Workshop Two
ENGL 231

Felipe Santos Llanos

S00290334
felipesantosllanos@hotmail.com
Gerencia
11/21/14

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Statements of Opinion and Facts

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Fallacies and Generalizations

*F = Fallacies

*G= Generalizations

Men

F : Men never cry.

G: Men all want the same thing- woman, money, house and cars.

Women

F : Only women clean dishes.

G: Women all want to have babies.

Police Officers

F: Police Officers never manipulate the laws.

G: Police Officers have a good judgment.

Lawyers

F: Lawyers always get you out of trouble.

G: Lawyers are corrupt.

Teachers

F: Teachers likes apple.

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G: Teachers are bad.

Reagaeton

F: Reagaeton encourage violence.

G: Nobody thinks the reagaeton is good.

Secretaries

F: Secretaries loves her bosses.

G: Secretaries typing very faster.

Black People

F: If you see black people coming at you run! They gonna rob you.
G: Black people are good in basquetball.

Children

F: Children came into this world to punish parents.

G: All children have attitude problems.

Rocks

F: If you sleep in a bed of rocks this can fix your back.

G: All rocks are heavy.

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Answer the Following Questions

A. Do you agree with the fallacy or generalization? Why?

B. Is it true or false?
C. How can you prove it?
D. Have you ever used it (or them)?

MEN

A. Fallacy and generalization not agree, because men cry. No all man want the same thing
others prefer something else.
B. True.
C. F: If my mother die be sure I will cry. G: some men likes a family, apartment instead a
house, other like a man in his life.
D. No.

Women

A. Fallacy and generalization not agree, not only women can clean the dishes. Not all
women want babies.
B. True.
C. F: a boy can clean a dishes a man also. G: some women just cant have babies others
have goals in her life and first priority is not have a baby.
D. No.

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Police Officers

A. Fallacy and generalization not agree, is no suppose to but they do sometime for his own
benefits. Not all police officers have a good judgment.
B. True.
C. F: one time by my own eyes saw a car accident and the person whos driving was a
drunker officer he called the others police officers friends of him and nothing happen. G:
you can see how polices officers abuses is exposed on internet, 5 polices hit one guy?
Theres no good judgment at all.
D. NO.

Lawyers

A. Fallacy and generalization not agree, not always be represented by lawyers going to save
you. Theres many lawyers corrupted but not all.
B. True
C. F: If you kill someone and they had all the evidence against you, probability of innocence
is very low you will go to the jail. G: many lawyers offer his service to older persons and
represent them to ensure that their rights are not violated.
D. Yes.

Teachers

A. Fallacy and generalization not agree, it could be something else it might like it a perfume
for example. Might be strict but that doesnt mean to be bad.
B. Yes

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C. F: I notice that Miss Garcia prefers something nice from apple bees than an apple.
G: If you learn something from teachers and you apply very well what you learned, you
will think it is a bad teacher? No
D. No

Reagaeton

A. I agree with the fallacy. I know people kill people, not the reagaeton but mostly of this
people believe in what this music brings on his contents. I no agree with the
generalization because there are many people that no like this genre. But also are many
who like it.
B. Fallacy is false and generalization is true
C. F: I could hear that genre and dont encourage me into violence, also there are good
contents about good experience in life in the reagaeton. G: reagaeton have a lots of fans
is a big movement at such way some people living religiously this genre.
D. Yes.

Secretaries

A. I not agree with the fallacy. This kind of job require most of the time a lot of work and
pressure giving by her boss, how could love them. I agree with the generalization. One
require for secretaries is the ability to type faster.
B. Fallacy is true and generalization is false.
C. F: secretaries relay great responsibility if you no fulfill boss needs he not going to give
hugs and kisses, he will be mad and proceed to hire another to replace her. G: Even
secretaries most require ability is faster typing not all type at the same velocity.
D. No.

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Black People

A. I not agree with the fallacy. This is an entire lie you can be rob too by white people. I
agree with the generalization. Statics shows that most of the people who play good
basquetball are black. Of course that is in the N.B.A.
B. Fallacy is true and generalization is false.
C. F: If someone going to rob you could be anybody no matter race color. Evil is
everywhere. G: we can see black people be a basquetball stars but also white people,
inclusive Latin stars like Manu Genobili and Jos Barea. Anybody with talent could be
good in basquetball not only black people.
D. Yes.

Children

A. Fallacy and generalization not agree, children are a bless they here to learn and be better
person in the future. Not all children had bad attitude.
B. True.
C. F: children are every parents legacy depends the way how they raise them and the culture
whats applying, this decide if is bless or a punishment. G: As a parent is our
responsibility understand and raise our children. And one thing we must aware is our
actions, we are the mirror for our children if we got attitude they will.
D. Yes.

Rocks

A. Fallacy and generalization not agree, nobody guarantee that your back problem will fix
with a bed of rocks. Rocks are different shapes and weights.

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B. True.
C. F: Theres many kind of orthopedics beds and clinical methods to fix you back without a
bed of rocks. G: there are 3 types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, and
the differences among them have to do with how they are formed for that reason some
rocks can be more heavy than others.
D. No.

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Reference

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/.

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/types.html.
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.sanjuanweeklypr.com/pdf/ediciones-pasadas/Nov-13-14.pdf.