College Composition / Unit 30 CMP 0747 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Fallacies in Your Own Draft
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The idea
Checking your own draft for fallacies protects your credibility and the validity of your points.
In practice
Reread each claim and ask whether you generalized from limited experience, attacked people instead of positions, or assumed a cause without evidence.
Where people slip
Sources can contain fallacies too; avoid using a source as evidence when its reasoning is faulty.
Your place on the trail
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