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Other Ways of
Judging Assertions
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Oversimplified
An assertion that pays too littleheed to the intricacies of a
situation.To cause distortion or error by
extreme simplification of a subject
To simplify to the point of causingmisrepresentation, misconception.
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Examples:
1. Taxation is theft.
2. Tragedy is a dead form inthe twentieth century.
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Politics is the art of looking for
trouble, finding it everywhere,
diagnosing it incorrectly and
applying the wrong remedies.
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Trivial
The faults we have considered sofar all pervert the proper
relationship between assertion andfact.
It is not to question its accuracybut, quite the contrary, to claim thatit is so patently true as not todeserve mention.
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The fact it refers to is minor.
Little significance or value.
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Examples:
1. The Nevada atomic testing
grounds are closed to real estatedevelopment.
2. Children learn to talk by trial anderror.
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Irrelevant
Is an assertion that is off the issue
and pulls no weight and may eitherconfuse the reader or damage theargument.
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To the argument thatsocialized medicine is
wasteful and efficient,both doctors and patients
have a right to freedom.
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SC election is fast
approaching. Candidates arebusy studying for theirexam.
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Oblique
An oblique statement is one whose
relationship to the facts dependson a special understandingbetween writer and reader about
the use of words.
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Metaphor
The writer uses one ormore words in a nonliteral
sense.
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Example
A good editorial page is acourt of justice before whichpublic action stands trial daily.
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Her home was a prison.
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Ironic
Calls upon the reader to reject the literal
sense of the whole sentence and
substitute a contradictory one.
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Examples
An old man who turned ninety- eight wasso lucky that he won the lottery anddied the next day.
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We can be grateful to the cityfathers, whose judicious non-
enforcement of fire regulationshas so cheaply cleared ourslums and so efficiently dealtwith the problem ofoverpopulation.
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Tautological
A statement is a tautology if part of
it merely repeats another part, in the
guise of adding more information.
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Examples:
1. Penicillin cures because it has atherapeutic effect.
2. In my experience, every quadruped isa four-footed animal.
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3. Abortion is illegal because thelaw explicitly prohibits its
practice.
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Self-contradictory
The opposite to a tautology
A statement of which one part
conflicts with another, logically, or
otherwise
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Examples:
1. Iranians are mainly nomads, while
Persians are mainly farmers.
2. While positive foreign influences are
welcome and should be adopted, our
culture must remain purely Filipino.
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Foreigners should not beallowed to own land in the
Philippines since they are notcitizens of this country.
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Rallies and strikes should notbe allowed because they
scare tourists away and giveour country a negative image
abroad.
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If you are illiterate, then write
to us and we will send you afree of charge instructionbooklet on how to read.
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Garfield is a comic strip featuringthe cat Garfield who is an
overweight, lazy and orangecat. He was named Garfield after
his grandfather.
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The new movie was very
popular. People flocked to see it.
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Works Cited:
Dadufalza, C.D. (1996). Reading into writing 2: A handbook-workbook-reader or critical reading and writing in expository
discourse. Makati City: Bookmark.
Shinde, G. (2011). Tautology.Retrieved from February 25, 2013from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/tautology-
examples.html
Duddukuri, P. (2012). Paradox.Retrieved February 25, 2013 from
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Metaphor (2013). Accessed February 27,2013 fromhttp://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/figures-metaphor.htm
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