Wednesday, January 11, 2006

 

Final Exam Study Guide

The final will consist of: one cold AP prompt essay, the Singer prompt, and a short answer section.
Identifying arguments
• Fact v. Inference, Argument v. explanation
• Standard form – identifying premises & conclusion
• Rogerian strategy, concessions, counterarguments, refutations
• World view, hidden assumptions, bias, fallacies
• Rhetoric: logos, ethos, pathos

Short answer section:
• Identifying fallacies
• Distinguishing between deductive and inductive reasoning
• Class logic and the syllogism: acceptability, validity and soundness

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