ENTRY 4- Đàm Thị Lan

Argument structures and Fallacies

Item 1

-          Source: http://pactiss.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/naturalbodywash.jpg

-          Evaluation: As we can see the advertisement, there are many phrase words which focus on nature: nature instinct containing organic herbs and no artificial substances, natural body wash

Fallacies of relevance    ------------->       appeal to nature

Item 2

-          Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQSHWpL88

Analyzing: DIRECTV - "Don't Wake Up in a Roadside Ditch" 2012 Commercial

There is a content of fallacies- fallacy presumption:  slippery slope in Direct TV advertisement.

1. When your cable company puts you on hold, you get angry. 

2. When you get angry, you go blow-off steam. 

3. When you go blow-off steam, accidents happen. 

4. When accidents happen, you get an eye-patch. 

5. When you get an eye-patch, people think you’re tough. 

6. When people think you’re tough, people want to see how tough. 

7. And when people want to see how tough, you wake-up in a roadside ditch. 

8. Don’t wake-up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of cable. 

Item 3

-          Source: Hoa Hoc Tro magazine số 879

Cùng nhìn về một hướng

2 MR ngôi bàn chuyện tình yêu

MR1: Yêu là gì nhỉ? Làm sao biết được nàng yêu ta?

MR2: Yêu là cùng nhìn về một hướng

MR1( nhảy thót lên): thế thì may quá, nàng đã yêu ta rồi.

MR2(ngạc nhiên): ???

MR1( giải thích): hôm  qua tớ đến nhà nàng, nàng ngồi cạnh tớ, nàng mở TV và rồi hai đứa xem.

-          Analysis:  the pharse “cùng nhìn về một hướng”

The phrase has 2 means:

1.       They have something in common such as: hobbies, characteristics, opinions.

2.       They look at the same side. (in situation MR1 and his girlfriend look at TV).

Due to the vagueness of the phrase, there is leading to

Premise 1: love is looking at the same side

Premise 2: MR1 and his girlfriend looked at TV last night

                  

  Conclusion:  she loved him

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