Entry 1 -magazine-

The 7 Steps of Highly Cool People

Submitted to : Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan, tutor

In partial requirement for BEL313,

Introduction to Critical Thinking.

Test #2, semester 1 2013/2014

Universiti Teknologi MARA,

Seri Iskandar Campus , Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Submitted by : Kamarul Azirul Bin kamarudin, UiTM # 2011282192

 I personally think that the article is nice to read especially for teenagers like me. However this article lacks of evidence, and it focuses on the personal view of the author. There are some fallacies in this article. For example, the author used appeal to inappropriate authority when he said “ Because I am adult and I know better”. Eventhough he is an adult, his views may not be relavant at all. That statement also relates to appeal to emotion. Furthermore, he also the slippery slope fallacy when he said “smoking is really bad for health. It makes your teeth go yellow and give a pungent stench to your sweat”. It clearly shows the effect of smoking. This article look like lack of evidences eventhough the author claim him self as The Guru of Cool. It can be prove through the statement that “we have actually found traces of poison in estacy”. It is unsure whether the author is knowledgeable in the related field and there are no solid evidence to support his statement.Apart from that,  another fallacy that can be found is appeal to tradition when the author stated “ I know, some of you are allowed to drink alcohol when you come of age”.

In conclusion, I think eventhough the article has fallacies, it is still a good article to be read. I think the author has done the good research but he should get more strong evidences to support his article in order to attract the readers.

(250  words)

KAMARUL