logging in or signing up Recognizing Bias MasterFoust Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 3026 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: May 26, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Recognizing, Purpose, Tone, Style, and Bias : Recognizing, Purpose, Tone, Style, and Bias Know Thy Author Purpose : Purpose Morals : Morals Morals Fables “Slow and Steady wins the Race” “Don’t fall victim to idle flattery” Theme and Motif : Theme and Motif Themes are ideas that reoccur in pieces of writing. Themes are built by using Motifs. Motifs are symbols that show up in a story in order to build the theme Theme is like the wall and Motifs are the bricks that build the wall Theme and Motif (cont.) : Theme and Motif (cont.) Theme- no one can be trusted Motif- constant betrayals Tone : Tone How things are said Can include word choice, syntax, and imagery Helps to set the mood of a piece Bias : Bias -noun- a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice. Good Bias/Bad Bias : Good Bias/Bad Bias Bias is neutral “Eye of the Beholder” How to Recognize Bias : How to Recognize Bias Look for Opinions Loaded Words Faulty Reasoning Opinions : Opinions Everyone has an opinion Look for evidence that supports a point of view We automatically see things from our own point of view Loaded Words : Loaded Words Denotation connotation The dictionary definition of a word The emotions and images associated with a word Skilled authors and speakers will always choose their words for the greatest emotional impact and clearest possible meaning RUN- Definition.com Word Choice : Word Choice Thin Emaciated Two words can have the same denotative meaning, but call up very different images Word Choice Indicates Bias : Word Choice Indicates Bias Freedom fighter Terrorist Word Choice Indicates Bias : Word Choice Indicates Bias Terrorist Freedom fighter Faulty Reasoning : Faulty Reasoning Also called logical fallacies Indicate that something just isn’t right Some common examples Begging the Question Ad Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Non Sequitor Begging the Question : Begging the Question This is a fallacy in which the author states that something is true as a proof of itself X is true because X is true “George W. Bush was the worst president because there was no president who was worse that him.” Ad Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc : Ad Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc “After this therefore because of this” Implies that one thing caused another simply because of their chronology Confuses Cause Effect relationships “Things went bad after Mr. Smith became CEO, therefore it was his fault things went bad!” Non Sequitur : Non Sequitur Means “It does not follow” The conclusion has no connection whatsoever to the argument “You should elect me as your leader because I make the best ice cream sundaes!” Summary : Summary Purpose Why is the author writing? What do they want me to believe? Tone and Style How do they convey their message differently than some other author might? Bias What preferences or prejudices does this author have? You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Recognizing Bias MasterFoust Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 3026 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: May 26, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Recognizing, Purpose, Tone, Style, and Bias : Recognizing, Purpose, Tone, Style, and Bias Know Thy Author Purpose : Purpose Morals : Morals Morals Fables “Slow and Steady wins the Race” “Don’t fall victim to idle flattery” Theme and Motif : Theme and Motif Themes are ideas that reoccur in pieces of writing. Themes are built by using Motifs. Motifs are symbols that show up in a story in order to build the theme Theme is like the wall and Motifs are the bricks that build the wall Theme and Motif (cont.) : Theme and Motif (cont.) Theme- no one can be trusted Motif- constant betrayals Tone : Tone How things are said Can include word choice, syntax, and imagery Helps to set the mood of a piece Bias : Bias -noun- a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice. Good Bias/Bad Bias : Good Bias/Bad Bias Bias is neutral “Eye of the Beholder” How to Recognize Bias : How to Recognize Bias Look for Opinions Loaded Words Faulty Reasoning Opinions : Opinions Everyone has an opinion Look for evidence that supports a point of view We automatically see things from our own point of view Loaded Words : Loaded Words Denotation connotation The dictionary definition of a word The emotions and images associated with a word Skilled authors and speakers will always choose their words for the greatest emotional impact and clearest possible meaning RUN- Definition.com Word Choice : Word Choice Thin Emaciated Two words can have the same denotative meaning, but call up very different images Word Choice Indicates Bias : Word Choice Indicates Bias Freedom fighter Terrorist Word Choice Indicates Bias : Word Choice Indicates Bias Terrorist Freedom fighter Faulty Reasoning : Faulty Reasoning Also called logical fallacies Indicate that something just isn’t right Some common examples Begging the Question Ad Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Non Sequitor Begging the Question : Begging the Question This is a fallacy in which the author states that something is true as a proof of itself X is true because X is true “George W. Bush was the worst president because there was no president who was worse that him.” Ad Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc : Ad Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc “After this therefore because of this” Implies that one thing caused another simply because of their chronology Confuses Cause Effect relationships “Things went bad after Mr. Smith became CEO, therefore it was his fault things went bad!” Non Sequitur : Non Sequitur Means “It does not follow” The conclusion has no connection whatsoever to the argument “You should elect me as your leader because I make the best ice cream sundaes!” Summary : Summary Purpose Why is the author writing? What do they want me to believe? Tone and Style How do they convey their message differently than some other author might? Bias What preferences or prejudices does this author have?