Critical Thinking Essay, Research Paper
RESPONSE PAPER NUMBER ONE
I HAVE AN ARTICLE THAT IS CALLED ?SIXERS WINNING DESPITE
ADVERSITY.? TODAY I AM GOING TO ANALISE THIS ARTICLE WITH THE 8
ELEMENTS OF CRITICAL THINKING.
THERE ARE EIGHT ELEMENTS. THE FIRST OF THE EIGHT ELEMENTS IS
PURPOSE. THE GENERAL PURPOSE IS TO INFORM. THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE
OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO INFORM THE READER THAT THE PHILADELPHIA
SEVENTYSIXERS HAVE BEEN WINNING BASKETBALL GAMES DESPITE
ADVERSITY.
THE SECOND ELEMENT IS THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS: WHAT
WILL HAPPEN NEXT? WILL THE PHILADELPHIA SEVENTYSIXERS START
LOSING MORE OFTEN? WILL THE PHILADELPHIA SEVENTYSIXERS BE EVEN
BETTER WHEN EVERYONE IS HEALTHY? HOW FAR WILL THE PHILADELPHIA
SEVENTYSIXERS ADVANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR?
THE THIRD ELEMENT IS INFORMATION. THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS A
LOT OF VARIFIABLE INFORMATION. MATT GIEGER WAS SUSPENDED. THEO
RATLIFF IS OUT WITH A BROKEN WRIST. ALLEN IVERSON SCORED 40 POINTS
AGAINST THE LAKERS. IT WAS HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE GAME WITH 40
OR MORE POINTS. NAZR MOHAMMED SCORED A CAREER-HIGH 12 POINTS.
THE PHILADELPHIA SEVENTYSIXERS BEAT THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS 112 TO
97 AND IMPROVED THEIR LEAGUE BEST RECORD TO 38-14. THOSE ARE SOME
EXAMPLES OF VARIFIABLE INFORMATION FROM THIS ARTICLE.
THE FORTH ELEMENT IS INFERENCES. SOME EXAMPLES OF
INFERENCES IN THIS ARTICLE ARE: ?BUT ALLEN IVERSON – ALONG WITH
SOME HELP FROM LITTLE-USED CENTER NAZR MOHAMMED – MADE SURE
NEITHER O?NEAL NOR KOBE BRYANT WERE FACTORS.? ?IVERSON IS
GETTING THE SIXERS THROUGH IT JUST FINE.?
THE FIFTH ELEMENT IS ASSUMPTIONS. ?LARRY BROWN[SIXERS HEAD
COACH] DOESN?T KNOW WHAT WILL GO WRONG NEXT. THE WAY THIS
SEASON IS GOING FOR THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS, IT DOESN?T MATTER.?
THE SIXTH ELEMENT IS CONSEQUENCES. THE RESULT OF THE LAKERS
VS. THE SIXERS GAME WAS 112-97. THE SIXERS WON THAT GAME. THIS WAS
A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE SIXERS. ALLEN IVERSON FINISHED WITH 40
POINTS. THIS WAS A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR HIM AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE
40 IS MORE THAN HIS AVERAGE.
THE SEVENTH ELEMENT IS VIEW POINTS. THE VIEW POINT IS THE
AUTHOR. THERE ARE A FEW QUOTES FROM LARRY BROWN, THE HEAD
COACH OF THE PHILADELPHIA SEVENTYSIXERS.
THE EIGHTH ELEMENT IS CONCEPTS. THIS ELEMENT DOES NOT APPLY
TO MY ARTICLE.
THE ARTICLE THAT I HAVE CHOSEN IS A GOOD ARTICLE. IT DOES A
GOOD JOB OF STICKING TO THE EIGHT ELEMENTS OF REASONING. THE
ONLY PROBLEM AREA THAT I HAVE FOUND IS CONCEPTS. THIS ARTICLE
DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCEPTS.