Nearly all communication is designed to \"persuade.\" This includes communicatio

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Nearly all communication is designed to "persuade." This includes communication to teach, market, inform, or even display emotion. Identify a recent communication to you that was filled with errors in thinking as outlined in chapters 8-13 in the Ruggiero text (Beyond feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking 9th edition). Name specific errors as stated in the text. What was the communication about, what errors can you easily identify, and what was your reaction to it. This does not have to be a personal communication (like from a friend), but any communication directed toward you.

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The communication comes from a teacher of a reputed school, who was addressing parents.

One of the prime cause of our worries is the poor results in the Senior School Examination because more and more students are failing the subjects. The probable cause of the failure is the new cine plaza that has opened up two months ago. I personally saw few stuents walking towards the building after school hours. Cinema's other ill effects can be seen in the behavior and personality of the children, drug abuse and teen pragnency among others.

Following errors can be seen here.

(a) Error of Reaction - The teacher changes the core subject of poor perfromance in exam to the ill effects of cinema.

(b) Error of expression - The first sentence has the error of expression. The sentence is vague as it can be seen.

(c) Errors of procedure - The hasty conclusion can be seen where the teacher blames the cinema for failure of children beacuse she " saw few students walking towards cineplex."

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