“Read the following excerpt from the essay, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” by Francine Prose. Identify what you consider to be fallacies in her argument and discuss the effects these fallacies have on the soundness of her argument.” Hi! I’ve included a picture of the excerpt (sorry it looks weird, I had to combine two), as well as the assignment that I have to complete which goes with it. Thank you so much! The fallacies that are listed before this excerpt are the red herring, the ad hominem fallacy, a faulty analogy, a straw man fallacy, an either/or fallacy, a false dilemma, equivocation, a hasty generalization, and circular reasoning.

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explanation:

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sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.