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James Jiang
2012 Fall
Materials used in this lecture mainly come from Saving My Revised GRE Argu Copy Right 2012 by James Jiang. All Rights Reserved. Authorized and printed in Canada, Sept 2012
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Revised GRE Argu
Lecture 6
James Jiang
Oct 27, 2012
Outline of Lecture 6
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Because the Analyze an Argument task is meant to assess analytical writing and informal reasoning skills that you have developed throughout your education, it has been designed so as not to require any specific course of study or to advantage students with a particular type of training.
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ETS ETS
Many college textbooks on rhetoric and composition have sections on informal logic and critical thinking that might prove helpful, but even these might be more detailed and technical than the task requires. You will not be expected to know methods of analysis or technical terms.
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ETS ETS
For instance, in one topic an elementary school principal might conclude that the new playground equipment has improved student attendance because absentee rates have declined since it was installed.
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You will not need to see that the principal has committed the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy; you will simply need to see that there are other possible explanations for the improved attendance, to offer some commonsense examples, and perhaps to suggest what would be necessary to verify the conclusion. For instance, absentee rates might have decreased because the climate was milder. This would have to be ruled out in order for the principals conclusion to be valid.
Hasty Generalization Either/or Fallacy Post hoc ergo propter hoc
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False Analogy Confusing Cause and Effect Fallacy Biased Sample Fallacy Complex Cause Fallacy
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The Fallacy of Division The Fallacy of Composition All Things Are Equal Non Sequitur
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Bandwagon Appeal Circular Reasoning Red Herring Questionable Authority

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Appeal to Common Practice Appeal to Tradition Appeal to Novelty Straw Man Fallacy
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113The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company. "Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employeea small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a threeweek seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
One graduate of the course was able to read a 500 500-page report in only two hours;
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another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year.
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15The following memorandum is from the business manager of Happy Pancake House restaurants. "Recently, butter has been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. This change, however, has had little impact on our customers. In fact, only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that an average of 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers do not distinguish butter from margarine or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine."
Clearly, either these customers do not distinguish butter from margarine or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine.
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74The president of Grove College has recommended that the college abandon its century-old tradition of all-female education and begin admitting men. Pointing to other all-female colleges that experienced an increase in applications after adopting coeducation, the president argues that coeducation would lead to a significant increase in applications and enrollment. However, the director of the alumnae association opposes the plan. Arguing that all-female education is essential to the very identity of the college, the director cites annual surveys of incoming students in which these students say that the school's all-female status was the primary reason they selected Grove. The director also points to a survey of Grove alumnae in which a majority of respondents strongly favored keeping the college all female.
Pointing to other allall-female colleges that experienced an increase in applications after adopting coeducation
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32The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Quiot Manufacturing. "During the past year, Quiot Manufacturing had 30 percent more on-the-job accidents than at the nearby Panoply Industries plant, where the work shifts are one hour shorter than ours. Experts say that significant contributing factors in many on-the-job accidents are fatigue and sleep deprivation among workers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Quiot and thereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shifts by one hour so that employees will get adequate amounts of sleep."
Quiot Manufacturing had 30 percent more onon -thethe-job accidents than at the nearby Panoply Industries plant
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3The following appeared as a letter to the editor from a Central Plaza store owner. "Over the past two years, the number of shoppers in Central Plaza has been steadily decreasing while the popularity of skateboarding has increased dramatically. Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza. There has also been a dramatic increase in the amount of litter and vandalism throughout the plaza. Thus, we recommend that the city prohibit skateboarding in Central Plaza. If skateboarding is prohibited here, we predict that business in Central Plaza will return to its previously high levels."
the number of shoppers in Central Plaza has been steadily decreasing while the popularity of skateboarding has increased dramatically.
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Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza.
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Summary of Lecture 6
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