ENTRY 1 (MAGAZINE)

The 7 Steps of Highly Cool People. 

Submitted to: Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan, tutor

In partial requirement for BEL 313, Introduction to Critical Thinking.
Test #2, Semester 1 2013/2014,
Universiti Teknology MARA, Seri Iskandar Campus,
Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Submitted by: Nur ‘Ain binti Khairol Aidi, UiTM #2011212732

In my opinion, this article is a good article. It is because the author gives opinions and advices to the readers. However, a lot of fallacies have been found in this article. These fallacies are used to influence the readers to follow his advice. It is clearly shown that fallacy of appeal to inappropriate authority is used such as “It is because I am ‘The Guru of Cool’”. He claims himself as ‘The Guru of Cool’ which the reference is questionable.

Other than that, the author tries to convince the readers by using fallacy of the slippery slope through the statement “It makes your teeth go yellow and gives pungent stench to your sweat”. In addition, the author also used fallacy of appeal to tradition.  It is definitely shown in the statement, “some of you are allowed to drink alcohol when you come of age”. Does it mean all people can drink alcohol when they reach the age of majority under Section 10 of Contract Act which is 18 years old? Meanwhile, Muslims are prohibited to drink alcohol.

Furthermore, the author simply draws the statement without any proof which is an appeal to ignorance. This is shown in the statement “Ecstasy or any other drug will react badly with your body chemistry”.

Lastly, the author used a lot of fallacies to persuade the readers to live in a healthy and nourishing lifestyle. In a nutshell, although there are a lot of fallacies used, this article is still a good article. 

(250 words)

Nur ‘Ain