ENTRY 4 _ HOANG THI BICH HONG

ENTRY 4: ARGUMENT ANALISE

Item 1: Giảm cân

Ông bố vợ gầy hom hem ngồi nói chuyện thăm dò chàng rể béo ú mới kén được sau khi đôi trẻ đi tuần trăng mật về.

- Con có biết trước đây ta cũng béo tốt như con không? Trải qua bao nhiêu thăng trầm vất vả nên giờ ta mới gầy đi nhưng không khá giả lên được. Sao gia đình ta nghèo thế mà con vẫn chọn con gái bố? Có phải con yêu nó lắm?

- Con cũng muốn giảm cân như bố mà!

Source: http://vnexpress.net/gl/cuoi/2013/05/giam-can/

Analysis:

Premise 1: nếu yêu con gái bố thì phải chấp nhận sống trong cảnh nghèo khổ

Premise 2: nếu chấp nhận sống trong cảnh nghèo khổ thì con sẽ giảm được cân

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Conclusion 1: nếu yêu con gái bố thì con sẽ giảm được cân

Premise 3:     con yêu con gái bố

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Conclusion 2: con sẽ giảm được cân

Fallacies: Slippery slope: premise 2 is false because when he lives in poor situation, he can’t lost his weight due to suffering from a disease like malnourished (he is still fat; however, his body loses nutrients)

 

Item 2: The child and his mother

A curious child asked his mother: “Mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey?”

The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: “It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!”

The child replied innocently: “Now I know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”

Source: http://academictips.org/blogs/funny-short-stories/

Analysis:

Premise 1: Every bad action of the children will turn one of the mother’s hairs grey

Premise 2: grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.

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Conclusion (hidden): the mother has lots of bad action

Fallacies: premise 1 is false because every bad action of the children will not turn one of the mother’s hairs grey. This change is due to the changes about the health or hormone in the mother’s body.

Item3: Funny Poster

Source: http://media.photobucket.com/user/smrjojoluv8798/media/D1350Warning-Posters.jpg.html?filters[term]=funny%20%20posters&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=45

Drinking may cause memory loss. Or worse, memory loss.

Analysis: egging the question: at first, people said that drinking may cause memory loss then they want to express the bad effect of drinking by using ‘or worse’. However, they also talk about memory loss again.