Your Special Project for Lesson 5 is to search and describ.docx

1. Your
Special Project
for Lesson 5 is to
search and describe 5 informal fallacies from things around you
. Please find 1 recent example (within the last 10 years) from
each of the following categories:
1. A print advertisement-from newspaper, magazine, web,
billboard, "junk mail" ads, marketing email, etc.
2. A TV advertisement
3. A "Letter to the Editor"-from any newspaper or news web
site. You have access to many of these sources, including The
Oklahoman and The New York Times, through the
OCCC Library
and your OCCC account.
4. A social media ad (or other internet ad) that showed up on
your timeline/browser.
5. A political ad, political debate, political news show, etc.
involving an Oklahoma-related issue or candidate. Individual
campaign websites or social media platforms may be a good
place to start here.
Please number your findings, 1-5. Next to each number, include
a link to or screenshot/photo of the ad. Also include a complete
MLA citation or credit for the source. Below each citation,
complete the project in narrative/paragraph form. Describe the
context of the ad, including who it was created by, where and
when it was originally published. Name the fallacy, tell me the

2. context of the fallacy, describe the fallacy, and give a rationale
of why you see it as a fallacy.
After you have completed all 5 examples and narratives, write a
final concluding paragraph reflecting on the experience of
finding fallacies around you and how fallacies play out in your
own life