English 3rd Quarter - Biases and Prejudices, The art of Argumentation, Paraphrasing

Bias

tendency to present or possess a partial viewpoint
-being in favor of or against a thing, person, group, or stand compared to another, usually in a way not considered fair.
-one sided perspective in the absence of neutral viewpoint
-to lean in a certain direction, either in favor of or against something
-leaning favorable toward something, “TOWARD”
-leaning negatively against something, “AGAINST”

Prejudice

an opinion before getting to know relevant facts of a case or situation
-a favorable or usually unfavorable feeling or claim toward a person, thing, or situation without an actual experience as a basis
- a assumption made about someone or something

Mother Teresa

said: “If you judge people, you don’t have the time to love them.”

Argumentation

convincing the people to your stand

Ethos
Pathos
Logos

Techniques of Persuasion

Ethos

appeal to authority

Pathos

appeal to emotion

Logos

appeal to reason

Conviction
Persuasion

Elements of Argumentation

Conviction

backed by logic, reasons

Persuasion

convince the audience

Paraphrasing

a precise restatement of a short passage, usually no more than a sentence or two.

Put the text in your own words
Avoid copying the text
Rearrange similar text
Ask yourself if you included all the important points

PARA acronym

Reword

replace the words and phrases with synonyms when possible

Rearrange

rearrange words/sentences; even shift ideas, some words cant be changed (names, dates, titles) but you can present them differently

Recheck

make sure the paraphrase conveys the same meaning as the original.

Reword
Rearrange
Recheck

the 3 Rs