Critical Thinking Essay Research Paper RESPONSE PAPER

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.