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Handouts and Essay Prompts

Handouts
Essay Prompt

 

 

 

 

Notebook Checklist #2, Sample

 

 

 

Debate Scorecards

 

 

 

 

Course Syllabus

 

 

Final Exam Vocabulary Words, Sample List

 

Definitions Practice

2nd Tool in the Critical Thinking Tool Box:

DEFIINING MAJOR TERMS HOMEWORK EXERCISE

 

Directions:  In the homework section of your notebook, please define any TEN of the following words by beginning with a stipulation and supporting with synonyms and examples. Each definition should be 4-5 sentences. Review the Definitions PPT  if you need extra assistance.

  • Sexual Harassment

  • Test Anxiety

  • workaholism

  • handdicapped

  • respect

  • courtesy

  • charm

  • Creativity

  • Right (as in the right and wrong)

  • Wrong

    An Enemy

  • A Leader

  • An activist

Strategies for Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDTERM PREPARATION

 

1. Vocabulary

Here is a list of the Vocabulary Words that you will want to study for the midterm. You will be tested in a YES/NO question format. For example, I might ask, "Would a cruise ship's buffet table likely be covered in a farrago of foods and desserts?"   The answer: YES (because cruise ships are known for having an assortment or medley of food choices)

From Fall 2014

1. fustian

2. wiseacre

3. oscillate

4. onerous

5. pliant

6. imbroglios

7. flaccid

8. diffidence

9. nettle

10. euphonious

11. fastidious

12. execrable

13. meritorious

14. irenic

15. impel

16. germane

17. banal

18. ugsome

19. languid

20. polymath

21. kerfuffle

22. machinations

23. copacetic

24. fatuous

 

 

2. Answers to "You and Your Fallacies" worksheet

1. False Analogy

2. Post Hoc

3. Begging the Question

4. Red Herring

5. False Dilemma

6. Begging the Question

7. Questionable Authority

8. Card Stacking and Begging theQuestion

9. False Dilemma

10. Testimonial

11. Bandwagon

12. Tu Quoque

13. False Analogy

14. Begging the Question

15. Post Hoc

16. Genetic Fallacy (if they introduced and wrote the legislation)

17. Ad Hominem

18. Non-sequitur

19. Post Hoc

20. Hasty Generalization

21. Post Hoc

22. Hasty Generalization

23. Ad Hominem

24. Post Hoc or Hasty Generalization

25. Ad Ignorantium

26. Slippery Slope

27. False Dilemma

28. Glittering Generalities

 

ESSAY #2 MODEL ESSAY

Check out this student example that demonstrates the ROV Method. It has a few grammatical errors and does not include the Works Cited page, but it does a good job with format and picture selection.

 

 

 

 

© 2014   Created by Maureen Roe, Department of English, SANTIAGO CANYON COLLEGE, 8045 East Chapman Ave., Orange, CA   92869

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