• Read “Black Men in Public Places” by Brent Staples on page 301. Write a response to this essay and describe the elements of fiction. Identify one social issue then locate and define the author’s social issues. Use supportive evidence from the essay to reinforce one critical strategy from pages 1367-1378 that best describes your response to this essay. Describe how the author used semiotics, semantics, tropes, and metaphors. Submit using the Assignment Tool.

Logic Fallacy TypeLogic Fallacy Statement
1Hasty generalizationArthur Miller was a great playwright because he was from New York City and Jewish.
2Slippery slopeEveryone is reading The DaVinci Code, so you should read it, too.
3BandwagoningI havenÂ’t seen them all, but from what IÂ’ve seen, all of Tom HanksÂ’ movies are good.
4Ad hominimG. Gordon Liddy canÂ’t be a good writer; he was part of the Watergate scandal.
5Red herringIf you read trashy novel, youÂ’ll end up no good.
6Genetic fallacyShe went to Harvard and then became a novelist. Harvard is why she is a good writer.
7Post hocIÂ’ve read one Harry Potter story; I bet theyÂ’re all good.
8Circular logicHarry Potter books are good because they are high quality.
9Hasty generalizationIÂ’ve read several Harry Potter books and they are good because that author has made millions from her writing; in fact, she is the first billion dollar author.
10Red herringShakespeare models stories for contemporary writers because he knew what people in his day wanted.