Assignment Details

Fallacies Videos 2

June 2019- June 2020

AP Language and Composition

Date Due

Oct. 9, 2019

Additional Info

Watch the following videos (also in Links):
  1. Stephen Colbert clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Sce4-UHjg OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDhc3bK-D-o
  2. Terry Tate Office Linebacker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbSpAsJSZPc
  3. Mike Huckabee ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUQW8LUMs8
  4. Hillary Clinton ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ_z9Tpdl9A&p=725181FE79E791E7&index=6&feature=BF
  5. McDonaldês Basketball commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmrTDZy3f2M&feature=related
After watching the videos, you will discuss with your group what you think is wrong with the argument presented in the videos. You will then share your findings with the class.
Some questions to consider:
1. Why is this reasoning fallacious?
2. How could you make a non-fallacious argument that reaches the same conclusion or uses the same premises?
3. How is a fallacious argument different from a bad argument?