As you settle into your seats…

• Make a name tag/name tent. • Use the sheet of blank paper given and a marker

from the front of the room (sample on front table).

• Write your name clearly so Ms. Haseltine can see it!

*Don’t destroy the tags/tents- I’ll collect them for future use*

Daily Vocab

• Define the following with a DICTIONARY!1. Tone2. Diction3. Ethos4. Logos5. Pathos6. Enthymeme *You will need to keep these words/definitions*

• Tone: style of manner of expression in speaking or writing

• Diction: choice of words• Ethos: an appeal to character, to demonstrate

credibility and trustworthiness• Logos: appeal to reason by offering clear, rational ideas• Pathos: appeal to emotion• Enthymeme: unstated—but implied—point the author

makes

Next…We will discuss for content

• Get out your annotated article from last class and start thinking about the following question: – “What do you think about the costs and

benefits of junior year as they relate to you personally?” • Pick a passage/line from the article to support

your thinking.

Introduction to Rhetoric: Using the “Available Means”

• Objective: Be able to define rhetoric– Take notes!

• In a small group, arrange the cards labeled “audience,” “speaker” and “subject” in an order that demonstrates how you think these words are related.

• Rhetoric: the art of persuasive and effective speaking and writing

• Audience, subject, speaker are key elements

Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle!

Interaction among subject, speaker, and audience determines the language and structure of the argument.

Course Goals:

By the end of this course, you should be able to: • Analyze the arguments presented by others (in

other words, be able to understand how another writer creates his/her argument)

• Write persuasively and effectively yourself

Seriously Corny Rhetoric Rap

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Dtmhk6vJw

• Write down one thing learned about “rhetoric” while you watch

Looking at the article through a different lens…

• Please take out “High School’s Worst Year”

STEP 1:With your group, decide what is the “enthymeme” or the unstated point that the author is trying to make.

STEP 2:

Who do you think the audience is?

STEP 3:How does the author try and convince the audience of her point of view? What writing techniques do you see?

(You do not have a lot of formal names for what this author is doing yet, but do your best to describe the techniques anyway.)

STEP 4: Sum it up…Create a thesis statement!

• By _((insert technique(s))_________, Kaufman tries to convince____________ that __(Insert your argument)_______________.

In Summary:

• Rhetoric: the art of persuasive and effective speaking and writing

• Thinking about the Rhetorical Triangle will help you to analyze arguments and create your own

• We will work this year analyze the techniques others use to create their arguments (this is where annotating comes in!), and then, of course, work to create our own.