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Module 6 - Distinguishing between fact and opinion

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Activity 4: Competence Builder & Website Visit

Module 6 Competence Builder: Find the "Red Herring"!

*Review the Reader's Handbook definition of "Relevance Fallacies" on page 198. Find the definition of a "Red Herring" and put it into your own words.

*The "Red Herring" technique is frequently used in movies and mystery novels to subvert the truth. Go to the LCE1 community Module 6 competence builder thread and give an example from a movie, play, novel, or real-life situation in which you've seen the "Red Herring" used effectively.

*Explain how and when you determined that the 'Red Herring' was not "fact."

*Want an example? The Harry Potter books are full of "Red Herrings"

Website Visit

For information on distinguishing fact from opinion, read “Interpreting What You Read,” at: http://www.cuesta.cc.ca.us/campus/student/support/lrnskills/iwyr.htm

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. sguy. (2007, February 17). Module 6 - Distinguishing between fact and opinion. Retrieved March 19, 2010, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/rhetorical-and-critical-writing-after-11-1-2007/module-6-distinguishing-between-fact-and-opinion. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License