1. Don’t Get Fooled Again! Six Common Fallacies in Argument to Look for and Avoid Mr. Richard “The Grammar Hammer” Martin
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9. Choose a partner. Mr. Martin will come around and give you and your partner a sample situation and a type of fallacy. With your partner, write a paragraph-length argument that applies to your situation and uses the fallacy given to you. Each group will read their paragraph aloud. Your classmates will then have to decide which type of fallacy you used. Write a Fallacious Paragraph!
10. The Fallacy Song(to the tune of the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again”) Well, don’t try to fool me With your appeal to flattery Just because you’re nice to me don’t make you right Try tearing down her or him With your cruel ad homenim We’ll they’re still correct, so don’t you take’em light Just because it’s a part of your holy tradition Don’t mean that I have to make it my ambition I’m immune to your appeal to pity I’ll just pick up my guitar and strum And ignore your ad populum And I think that your ad hoc’s dumb We won’t get fooled again! Won’t get fooled again! No, no! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! No more fallacy Or idiocracy
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