Morgan Atwell Stephanie Tolliver n n A writer

Morgan Atwell Stephanie Tolliver

n n A writer will deliberately lead you to a conclusion by providing insufficient, selective evidence. In other words… It is a wrong first impression about something that has been done purposely by the author. Brooklyn Thompson and Katy Bretschneider. “Logical Fallacies Student Examples”. Wikispaces. com. Wiki Spaces. Web. 16 February 2012

Robin: I guess you can never trust a woman. Batman: You’ve made a hasty generalization, Robin. It’s a bad habit to get into. Richard Nordquist. “hasty generalization”. About. com. Web. 16 February 2012. Michoux 26. Youtube. com. You Tube, 14 February 2009. Video. 16 February 2012

n n n Act 1, page 170 Hasty Generalization Reverend Parris “And what shall I say to them? That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest? !” He is making the assumption that if the girls were dancing, they were practicing witchcraft.

Act 1, page 173 n Hasty Generalization n Mrs. Putnam n “I take it on my soul, but who else may surely tell us what person murdered my babies? ” n Since she has had 7 babies that have died, she assumes that the only reason for this is that they were murdered n

Act 1, page 185 n Hasty Generalization n Mrs. Putnam n “I know it, sir. I sent my child- she should learn from Tituba who murdered her sisters. ” n She assumes that Tituba is a witch because she believes differently than the rest of Salem. n

Act 2, page 199 n Hasty Generalization n Reverend Hale n “(Then, with the voice of one administering a secret test). Do you know your Commandments, Elizabeth? ” n He is giving the “ten commandment test” because he assumes that if she does not know them, then she is a witch. n