Each student will assess the fallacious arguments being made by the candidates currently running for President.
Visit the C-SPAN website or other news sites to watch 1 or 2 speeches given by each candidate (available through the “videos” section below).
Once you have watched each candidate’s speeches, you can begin evaluating their arguments and reasoning.
Your paper should discuss the fallacious arguments made by each candidate. Specifically, your paper should:
- Explain what argument(s) the candidate is making and how the argument(s) is being made.
- Tell which type(s) of fallacious argument(s) are being made (be specific).
- Explain why each specific argument may be seen as effective despite its lack of reasoning.
- Speculate about how the argument could be changed to make the argument valid.
The paper should have at least 1 page of discussion for each candidate (minimum 5 pages). The paper should address all parts of the questions above and conform to all paper requirements for this course (see the syllabus). Students will likely have to use multiple examples from each candidate to reach the page requirement.
Republicans
- Ted Cruz
- John Kasich
- Donald Trump
Democrats
- Hillary Clinton
- Bernie Sanders
Videos of Speeches
http://www.c-span.org/search/?sdate=&edate=&searchtype=Videos&sort=Most+Recent+Airing&text=0&tagid%5B%5D=275
Fallacies Rubric
Fallacies Rubric
Criteria |
Ratings |
Pts |
Arguments
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Discusses specific fallacious arguments made by each candidate
10 pts
|
Discusses vague fallacious arguments made by each candidate
5 pts
|
Does not discuss fallacious argument made by each candidate
0 pts
|
|
10 pts
|
Fallacious Arguments
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Provides a specific fallacious argument type for each argument made by each candidate
10 pts
|
Provides a specific fallacious argument type for most arguments made by each candidate
5 pts
|
Does not provide a specific fallacious argument type for each argument made by each candidate
0 pts
|
|
10 pts
|
Argument Strength
|
Clearly discusses how each fallacious argument could be seen as effective/convincing
10 pts
|
Vaguely discusses how each fallacious argument could be seen as effective/convincing
5 pts
|
Does not discuss how each argument could be seen as effective/convincing
0 pts
|
|
10 pts
|
Validity
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Provides clear thoughts on what could be provided to make the argument valid
10 pts
|
Provides vague thoughts on what could be provided to make the argument valid
5 pts
|
Does not provide thoughts on what could be provided to make the argument valid
0 pts
|
|
10 pts
|
Writing
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Writing is clear, free f grammatical and structural errors, and meets all requirements of the assignment
10 pts
|
Writing is mostly clear, mostly free of grammatical and structural errors, and meets most requirements of the assignment
5 pts
|
Writing is not clear, contains many grammatical and structural errors, and does not meet most requirements of the assignment
0 pts
|
|
10 pts
|
Total Points:
50
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