ENG 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Argument From Analogy, Ad Hominem, False Dilemma

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Elaine Bailey

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Examine the sources" introductions, table of contents, and headings. Forming arguments: appeal to accepted facts, appeal to reliable authorities, appeal to reason (deductive and inductive) Consider your readers (what they know, are they likely to agree or disagree?: know your purpose, take a strong position and provide supporting evidence. Find supporting ideas : use examples, and try to be specific, use facts that can be verified, use informed opinion. Look at opposite points of view: refute arguments. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of other sources. Inductive reason: uses the strategy of using specific examples (a few, not just one) to form more general conclusions, argues on the basis of probability rather than indisputable proof. Deductive reasoning: argues from the general to the particular, relies on syllogism for its defence, as long as the premises are sound and the syllogism is correct, the argument is reliable. Premise 1: serious students usually work hard to succeed in their exams.