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PHI105
Details:
If you did not take UNV 104 or if you would like to review the writing concepts introduced in UNV 104, it is
suggested that you view a media piece entitled, “The Writing Process,” which is available to support the
development of your writing skills.
For this Module, focus on the “Who is the Audience?” section of the media piece.
Choose a topic for your Persuasive Essay from the list below. If you would like to write about a topic that
is not on the list, contact your instructor via email to request approval.
Gun control
Legalization of marijuana
Abortion
Euthanasia
Bullying in school
Drug abuse among teenagers
Online education
Banning books (censorship)
Mandatory military service
Separation of church and state
English only in the K-12 classroom
Charter schools
Regulation of business (choose a specific focus)
Same-sex marriage
Flag burning (does someone have the right to burn the flag of the country who gives them that
right?)
Government-mandated healthcare (citizens are required to purchase private insurance)
Healthcare paid for by the government
Death penalty
War
Prostitution
1) What is the topic for your persuasive essay? Record your topic here.
2) Begin thinking about the different issues included in the topic you have selected, narrow your focus,
and take a pro or con position for the subject of your essay. Present a simple statement of your position.
Answer the following questions regarding the audience for your essay.
2) Are there clues in this particular assignment about who your audience is?
3) Do you have more than one audience? If so, how many do you have? List them.
4) What is the appropriate way to address this audience (professional, familial, friendly)?Why?
5) Regarding your topic, what is important to your audience? What is not important to your audience?
Grading Criteria:
1) Provides topic.
Details:
1- Find three sources that discuss critical thinking. Two of these sources may be from the assigned and/or
optional readings, but the third must be found through your own research. After you have read the three
sources, consider how they define critical thinking.
2- Write your own definition of what you think critical thinking is (250 words).
3- You must include one direct quote, selected from one of your resources. (Note: the quoted material
may only make up to 20% of your entire paper, which in this case is 50 words. The remaining 80% of the
paper must be your own creative work.)
4- A Reference list that documents the three sources you found (and any other resources you used) is
required.
The articles you found in your research may inform your definition, but your own ideas should be evident.
In other words, your process should be:
3- Write your own definition of critical thinking. (Note: Do not simply reword the definitions you read.
Consider a new way to explain what you understand critical thinking to be.)
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student
Success Center.
This assignment uses a grading rubric that can be viewed at the assignment’s drop box. Instructors will
be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
Details:
Imagine you are an expert on critical thinking. A local high school wants you to present your knowledge to
its seniors and asks that you create a PowerPoint presentation to specifically explain perception and
critical thinking.
1- Create a PowerPoint presentation that explains the concepts of perception and critical thinking to high
school seniors. In your explanation, address the following:
How all five senses impact perception?
For directions on how to create a PowerPoint presentation, refer to the “How to Create a PowerPoint
Presentation Resource.”
While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected
and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can
be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a grading rubric that can be viewed at the assignment’s drop box. Instructors will
be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
Details:
“Review “How Should I Brainstorm?” in the media piece “The Writing Process.” The media piece can be
found in resources, course materials. Click on the add-ons tab and look under “Electronic Resources”.
The media piece “The Writing Process” explores six ways to brainstorm: “
1) Free Writing
3) Listing
4) Mapping/Webbing
5) Three Perspectives
6) Journalistic Questions
Assignment Directions:
Documentation of Brainstorm:
Record your brainstorms below using as much space as needed for each entry.
Brainstorm One:
Brainstorm Two:
Brainstorm Three:
Grading Criteria:
Details:
Review “How Do I Develop a Thesis?” in the media piece “The Writing Process.”
Assignment Directions:
Grading Criteria:
Consider the following questions when developing the thesis statement for your essay. These criteria will
be applied when this assignment is graded. The answer to each of the 5 questions below should be yes if
you have drafted a quality thesis statement.
5) Does the thesis statement not leave the reader with questions?
Details:
2) Complete the table using the information from the text. An example has been provided for you in red.
3) You must use a total of four thinking errors (not including the example given).
5) This assignment uses a grading rubric that can be viewed at the assignment’s drop box. Instructors will
be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
How did the thinking error affect
Thinking Error/ Description How could yo
Example of Each Error From your critical thinking?
emotions ass
Personal Life
thinking error
I allowed the emotion to manage
Personalization: When a person
My boss frowned and I wondered my thoughts, rather than me
thinks everything is about him or
what I had done to upset her. questioning my initial emotional Question and m
her.
assumption. my assumption
PHI 105 Grand Canyon Week 4 Assignment 1
Details:
Purpose of Assignment
In Module 4, you learn about fallacies. Fallacies are defects in an argument that cause an argument to be
invalid, unsound, or weak. Fallacies are illogical by definition. When fallacies are used as an argument, it
is called fallacious reasoning. You encounter fallacious reasoning every day.
As critical thinkers, one of our goals is to avoid fallacious reasoning and rely instead on logic. The
purpose of this assignment is to identify fallacious reasoning in everyday life. There are various types of
fallacies. This assignment will focus on the 15 types of fallacies listed below. The more familiar you are
with the various types of fallacies, the easier it is to be critical thinkers.
Read the following quotations and choose which type of fallacy it represents by highlighting the
appropriate fallacy. Then, in three to five sentences, explain why you chose the fallacy you did for each
quotation.
Here is an example:
Quotation: “With the U.S. unemployment rate at 9.1%, every state, county, and city has unemployment
problems (Johnson, 2011).”
1. Slippery Slope
2. ExtravagantHypothesis
3. False Analogy
4. Hasty Generalization
Explanation: This quote is an example of hasty generalization because it assumes that the employment
rate for the whole country will affect each state, county and city equally. In fact, the 9.1% is just an
average. There are some places much worse than this and there are some places much better. For
example, the unemployment rate in California is 11.7% , but in Lincoln, Nebraska it is only 3.8%.
1. Quotation:” I don’t wear my seat belt while driving anymore because I have three friends that all
got in accidents while they were wearing their seatbelts.”
Slippery Slope
ExtravagantHypothesis
False Analogy
Explanation:
2. Quotation: “We have enough oil in the world to last a couple hundred years, so everyone should
just drive SUV’s as long as they can afford the gas.”
Appeal to Authority
Appeal to Tradition
Bandwagon Appeal
Explanation:
3. Quotation:“If you believe in global warming you just believe everything you are told and don’t
think for yourself.”
Fallacy of Division
Circular Reasoning
Either/or Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Explanation:
4. Quotation:“The defendant is obviously guilty because the polygraph administrator testified that he
was lying.”
Which of the following types of fallacies is this statement?
Appeal to Ignorance
Appeal to Authority
Explanation:
5. Quotation:“Barefoot running is superior to wearing running shoes because humans ran for
thousands of years before shoes were invented.”
1. Extravagant Hypothesis
2. Appeal to Tradition
3. Fallacy of Division
4. False Analogy
Explanation:
Identify and label each fallacious statement from the list below.
Fallacy of Division
Circular Reasoning
Either or Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Extravagant Hypothesis
False Analogy
Slippery Slope
Appeal to Tradition
Bandwagon Appeal
Appeal to Ignorance
1. Fallacious Statement:” I can’t help but think that you are the cause of this problem; we never had
any problem within this department until you started working here.” What type of fallacy is it?
Select a type of fallacy from the list above.
________________________________________________________
2. Fallacious Statement: “There is no compelling evidence that UFOs do not exist. Therefore, UFOs
exist.” What type of fallacy is it? Select a type of fallacy from the list above.
________________________________________________________
3. Fallacious Statement: “You should not eat at fast food restaurants because if you do then soon
that is all you will be eating.” What type of fallacy is it? Select a type of fallacy from the list above.
________________________________________________________
4. Fallacious Statement: “Stanley Clarke is the best bassist ever because he is better at playing the
bass than anyone that has ever lived.” What type of fallacy is it? Select a type of fallacy from the
list above. ________________________________________________________
5. Fallacious Statement: “The ancient pyramids in Egypt were so symmetrical and well-built that
they must have been constructed by aliens from another planet.” What type of fallacy is it? Select
a type of fallacy from the list above.
Details:
Review “How Do I Organize My Brainstorm into an Outline?” of “The Writing Process” Media piece.
Assignment Directions:
1) Use the feedback you received from your instructor to revise your thesis statement. Write your thesis
as a complete sentence as you would in your essay. Record your thesis statement in the “Thesis
Sentence” entry under the Introductory Paragraph heading below.
2) Create a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs that comprise the body of your essay. Record
the topic sentences in each of the “Topic Sentence” entries under the “Support for Thesis” headings. Your
topic sentence should support your thesis and provide a transition between the paragraphs.
3) Record at least three details for each topic sentence. These details should provide support for the topic
sentence. (Review the example outline below)
4) Record a concluding sentence under the “Conclusion” heading. This should be your thesis restated in
different words.
Example
Introductory Paragraph
Thesis Sentence:
Earning a degree online is great for working adults because it is convenient, economical, and allows them
to learn with other working adults around the world.
Introductory Paragraph
Thesis Sentence: Support for Thesis 1 Topic Sentence: Detail A, Detail B, Detail C
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