| In your writing, try to use denotative words.
These words have one meaning- the basic meaning. For example, you could
change the word purebred to horse. Unless you are referring to slavery,
you may want to use the word servant. Propaganda (persuasive writing intended
to make people think, act or feel a certain way to control them) often
uses connotative language.
Some writers produce slanted or biased work because they are not aware
of their thinking, they choose words or phrases carelessly, or they require
more practice to improve their writing skills. In addition to slanted
or biased writing, writers may use faulty thinking to prove their arguments.
Faulty thinking often appeals to the reader’s emotions. In this
way, the reader distracted from carefully evaluating the facts, details,
and conclusions in the writing
“Faulty thinking” may be based in part on slanted or biased
arguments or unreliable facts. The rules used to form logical conclusions
may also be faulty or wrong. Read the definitions of different types of
“faulty thinking”. “Faulty conclusions” have been
italicised.
- Hasty Generalizations are made when
few facts are known or the facts are note evaluated for their usefulness.
Hasty generalizations lead to incorrect conclusions about events.
Example Greg, Roger, and
Fred placed in the top three places for the math competition this year.
All boys must be good at math.
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