1. Study
2. Periods 4 & 7-- Semester Exam
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
1. Get review for semester exam.
2. Work on any missing assignments/speeches, etc.
3. Turn in missing work.
2. Work on any missing assignments/speeches, etc.
3. Turn in missing work.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Friday, December 11. 2015
1. Present commercials (either live or on video).
2. Take participation survey.
2. Take participation survey.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
1. Work on projects.
2. Rehearse commercials.
3. Video commercials (if necessary).
4. Turn commercials in to the "Commercial" folder in Google Classroom (if necessary).
5. Presentation of commercials due tomorrow.
Commercials will be judged on the following P's:
2. Rehearse commercials.
3. Video commercials (if necessary).
4. Turn commercials in to the "Commercial" folder in Google Classroom (if necessary).
5. Presentation of commercials due tomorrow.
Commercials will be judged on the following P's:
Projection—words
easily heard and understood
Practiced—appeared
as if they had done this before
Product—placed the item or idea well into the audience’s minds
Purposeful—did
what was right, necessary, and intended
Proper—commercial
was appropriate for school, as well as for the product
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
1. Work on projects.
2. Advertising poster due today.
3. Tomorrow will be rehearsal day.
4. Readings of Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor speech due today.
2. Advertising poster due today.
3. Tomorrow will be rehearsal day.
4. Readings of Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor speech due today.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Monday, December 7, 1941
1. Watch President Franklin Roosevelt's speech after Pearl Harbor in 1941.
2. Work on projects.
3. Commercial scripts due today.
4. Advertising poster due tomorrow.
5. In place of a missing grade, you may write a one-page essay on some aspect of Pearl Harbor-- the attack, the errors, the results, the costs, or any other thing associated with it. You may include facts, but put everything in your own words. Most of all, I want your opinion about that which you are writing.
6. An alternative to the paper is that you may read to the class the excerpt below of President Roosevelt's speech.
2. Work on projects.
3. Commercial scripts due today.
4. Advertising poster due tomorrow.
5. In place of a missing grade, you may write a one-page essay on some aspect of Pearl Harbor-- the attack, the errors, the results, the costs, or any other thing associated with it. You may include facts, but put everything in your own words. Most of all, I want your opinion about that which you are writing.
6. An alternative to the paper is that you may read to the class the excerpt below of President Roosevelt's speech.
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan…..
But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.
I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
1. Work on projects.
2. Visual aids due today.
3. Commercial scripts due on Monday.
2. Visual aids due today.
3. Commercial scripts due on Monday.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
1. Work on projects.
2. Paragraphs due today.
3. Visual aids due tomorrow.
2. Paragraphs due today.
3. Visual aids due tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
WARNING!!!
YOUR MAJOR PROJECT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
TIMELINE
11/30 Discuss project
Assign groups
Discuss ideas
12/3 Paragraphs due by the end of class
12/4 Visual aid due by the end of class
12/7 Commercial script due by the end of class
12/8 Work on commercial; advertising poster due
12/9 Commercial rehearsals
12/10 Presentation of Commercials
12/11 Presentation of Commercials (if necessary)
YOUR MAJOR PROJECT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
Design, Marketing, and Advertising Project
You will be creating a product that has never been produced before (creativity is KEY!). Although class time will be provided in which to complete this product, any aspect you don’t finish will need to be completed outside of class prior to presentation day.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Product - In well-written paragraphs, do the following:
- describe the product,
- identify the target market and who will be the consumer for the product,
- identify the specific places the product will be sold,
- elaborate on the cost of the product and how you arrived at that figure, and
- establish a price for the product and justify it.
- Product-- produce a detailed visual sketch or poster or 3D model of the product.
- Promotion -
a. create an advertising poster,
b. perform a scripted and rehearsed commercial that is one to two minutes in length. The commercial must be performed from memory; you may not read it as you perform, and
c. appropriate costumes for the commercial must be worn.
(You may video the commercial ahead of time, turn it in, and show it on the classroom screen.)
GRADING:
- Product
- typed paragraphs above-- DAILY GRADE
- Visual aid-- DAILY GRADE
- Promotion
a. advertising poster-- DAILY GRADE
b. typed, well-written commercial script-- DAILY GRADE
c. preparation and delivery of commercial-- TEST GRADE
3. Participation
a. based upon survey of group members-- DAILY GRADE
b. based upon my observations--DAILY GRADE
4. Overall product and presentation-- TEST GRADE
PRESENTATION DATE: December 10
TIMELINE
11/30 Discuss project
Assign groups
Discuss ideas
12/3 Paragraphs due by the end of class
12/4 Visual aid due by the end of class
12/7 Commercial script due by the end of class
12/8 Work on commercial; advertising poster due
12/9 Commercial rehearsals
12/10 Presentation of Commercials
12/11 Presentation of Commercials (if necessary)
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
1. Practice interview questions.
2. Finish folder test, if not already done.
2. Finish folder test, if not already done.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
1. Resumes due. Turn in to Resume folder in Google Classroom.
2. Discuss interviews.
3. Pair up.
4. Get interview questions and begin practicing them with your partner.
2. Discuss interviews.
3. Pair up.
4. Get interview questions and begin practicing them with your partner.
Interviewer/Interviewee
INSTRUCTIONS:
- You are interviewing for a job at Main Event.
- You will create a real, up-to-date resume (no false information).
- You must dress accordingly on the day of your interview.
- You and your partner will interview each other.
- Your grade will ONLY be based on your answers to the interview questions, not on the answers of your partner.
- Below are questions that an interviewer may ask. You will practice answering these questions with your partner.
- On the day of the interview, you and your partner will draw to determine which five of the ten each of you will have.
- Grading rubric for interview (Test Grade):
- Handshake 10 points
- Appropriate attire 20 points
- Five questions 50 points
- Non-verbal skills 20 points
-eye contact, not
slouching, etc
9. Interviews will begin on Tuesday, December 1.
QUESTIONS:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What are your strengths?
3. What are your weaknesses?
4. Why do you want this job?
5. Why should we hire you?
6. What can you do for us that other candidates might not be able to do?
7. Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?
8. Have you ever been on a team where a coworker didn’t pull their weight? How did you
handle it?
9. What irritates you about other people and how do you deal with it?
10. Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple
tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish
them.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
1. Folder test (You may use your Chromebooks.)
2. Work on resumes. They are due tomorrow. Turn them in to the Resume folder in Google Classroom.
2. Work on resumes. They are due tomorrow. Turn them in to the Resume folder in Google Classroom.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
1. Work on resumes. (They are due on Thursday.)
2. You will have a folder test tomorrow (much more involved than the quizzes you have had. (You may use your Chromebooks.)
2. You will have a folder test tomorrow (much more involved than the quizzes you have had. (You may use your Chromebooks.)
Monday, November 16, 2015
1. Introduction videos due.
2. Discuss resumes.
3. Look at sample resume.
4. Create a personal resume. (due Thursday)
Sample Resume
Resume Writing Tips
2. Discuss resumes.
3. Look at sample resume.
4. Create a personal resume. (due Thursday)
Sample Resume
Resume Writing Tips
Thursday, November 12, 2015
1. Write an introduction for yourself.
2. It should be about 30 seconds long... certainly no longer than 45.
3. Give some insight about you, but don't reveal everything.
a. Give your first name.
b. Tell one or two things that are interesting about you.
c. Do not give last name.
4. Submit it to the "Intro Text" folder in Google Classroom.
5. Once you have written the introduction, practice it.
6. Have someone use a phone to video it.
7. You may do the video wherever you want, but it must be appropriate.
8. You may use whatever style you want to present it, say it, video it, or whatever.
9. Be sincere and pleasant; smile.
10. If you mess up, redo it until you are happy with it.
11. Turn it in to the "Intro Video" folder in Google Classroom.
12. The text is due tomorrow.
13. It will be a daily grade.
14. Your video is due Monday.
15. It will be two daily grades.
16. This is to be only on my computer and shown to my class that each of you attends. I can not control what you do with it from your end. Show your parent(s) this assignment, and if they do not like it, we can adjust to your doing it in class, and although you will not get credit for the video part, it will not count against you either.
Monday, November 9, 2015
1. Debate speech.
2. While not a debate speech in which students will have to react to what their opponents say, it is a debate in that they and their partners will have to take opposite sides of an issue.
3. Students will pair up.
4. Each pair will choose a topic to address.
5. One of the two will give a one-minute statement taking one side of the topic.
6. The other student will give a one-minute statement taking the opposite side of the topic.
7. The first student will give another one-minute statement on his/her side.
8. The second student will give another one-minute statement
9. The pair will decide who goes first.
10. Each student will receive a test grade for his or her own speech and the successful presentation of his/her side, backed up with facts, etc.
11. Each pair will receive daily grades for overall project-- students worked together well, both sides made sense, cohesive presentation, etc.
12. Students must be able to present either side of whatever topics upon each pair decide. If one of the pair is unwilling to present a particular side of a topic, choose something else.
13. This speech is due Wednesday, November 11.
2. While not a debate speech in which students will have to react to what their opponents say, it is a debate in that they and their partners will have to take opposite sides of an issue.
3. Students will pair up.
4. Each pair will choose a topic to address.
5. One of the two will give a one-minute statement taking one side of the topic.
6. The other student will give a one-minute statement taking the opposite side of the topic.
7. The first student will give another one-minute statement on his/her side.
8. The second student will give another one-minute statement
9. The pair will decide who goes first.
10. Each student will receive a test grade for his or her own speech and the successful presentation of his/her side, backed up with facts, etc.
11. Each pair will receive daily grades for overall project-- students worked together well, both sides made sense, cohesive presentation, etc.
12. Students must be able to present either side of whatever topics upon each pair decide. If one of the pair is unwilling to present a particular side of a topic, choose something else.
13. This speech is due Wednesday, November 11.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
1. Create a Top Ten speech. Take a category that you like and create a top ten list.
2. Your top ten is a list of your choice.
3. It must be appropriate.
4. Each of the items/people on the list must have one explanatory sentence.
5. The list will be read from number 10 to number 1.
6. You will read the list in class.
7. Speech is due tomorrow (Thursday, November 5).
2. Your top ten is a list of your choice.
3. It must be appropriate.
4. Each of the items/people on the list must have one explanatory sentence.
5. The list will be read from number 10 to number 1.
6. You will read the list in class.
7. Speech is due tomorrow (Thursday, November 5).
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
1. Turn in Person of the Year power points. (There is a folder called "Person of the Year Powerpoint" in Google Classroom.
2. Presentation on Monday.
3. Speech makeup day. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of today.
2. Presentation on Monday.
3. Speech makeup day. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of today.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
1. Work on Person of the Year project.
2. Slides three and four due today.
3. Power point due tomorrow.
4. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
2. Slides three and four due today.
3. Power point due tomorrow.
4. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
1. Work on Person of the Year projects.
2. First two slides due today.
3. Slides three and four due tomorrow.
4. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
2. First two slides due today.
3. Slides three and four due tomorrow.
4. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
1. Work on Person of the Year Project.
2. Outline due today.
3. First two slides due tomorrow.
4. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
2. Outline due today.
3. First two slides due tomorrow.
4. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
Monday, October 26, 2015
1. Work on Person of the Year Project.
2. Outline due tomorrow.
3. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
2. Outline due tomorrow.
3. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of Friday.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
1. Announce overall winner of the epitaph contest.
2. Person of the Year speech.
Time Magazine Person of the Year 1927-2014
The door opened, and a distinguished-looking gray-haired man burst in--it’s the only way to describe his entrance--trailed by a couple of deputies. He was both the oldest person in the room by 20 years and the only one wearing a suit. He was in the building, he explained with the delighted air of a man about to secure the ironclad bragging rights forever, and he just had to stop in and introduce himself to Zuckerberg: Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, pleased to meet you. They shook hands and chatted about nothing for a couple of minutes, and then Mueller left. There was a giddy silence while everybody just looked at one another as if to say, “What the hell just happened?” It was a fair question.
Take this speech seriously. I do not want you to make a ridiculous choice for your person of the year. For example, Channing Tatum, Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber may be interesting (or not), but they certainly did not make the biggest impact on the world in the last year. However, you may make a case for some celebrities whose films really did change things, or who did important things other than just make music or movies or such. The same goes for athletes. Like Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson, some athletes rise above mere sports to make a huge impact on the world. Your father or grandmother may be a wonderful person, but again, I have to point out that since this assignment is not who impacted your own little world, neither is a really good candidate. If, on the other hand, your grandmother is Hillary Clinton, you might be able to make a good case. Whoever you choose, it may not be enough to simply make an impact... ask yourself if your choice made the biggest impact in 2015.
The question would be brought up whether someone who is dead could qualify. Yes, if you can make the case that the person still made the biggest impact on the world in the last year. Another question is whether or not a group of people can be persons of the year. Again, yes. However, there will be no "Animals of the Year" or "Inanimate Object of the Year" or "Bacteria of the Year", etc. It must be a person or group of people, living or dead,
3. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the
end of next Friday.
Time Magazine Person of the Year 1927-2014
Person of the Year Persuasive Speech
REQUIREMENTS
1. Choose a person who you feel deserves to be the person of the year for 2015. This person needs to have had an impact on the world in some way.
2. You will create for this assignment:
- an outline
- a powerpoint
- MLA (Modern Language Association) citations
- speech
3. You must use at least two of the most important means of persuading an audience:
-Ethos
-Pathos
-Logos
4. You will decide how best to incorporate your speech and powerpoint together to make the most effective impression. You may arrange for a partner to control the slides during your speech.
4. You will decide how best to incorporate your speech and powerpoint together to make the most effective impression. You may arrange for a partner to control the slides during your speech.
Time’s Person of the Year, 2010
The door opened, and a distinguished-looking gray-haired man burst in--it’s the only way to describe his entrance--trailed by a couple of deputies. He was both the oldest person in the room by 20 years and the only one wearing a suit. He was in the building, he explained with the delighted air of a man about to secure the ironclad bragging rights forever, and he just had to stop in and introduce himself to Zuckerberg: Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, pleased to meet you. They shook hands and chatted about nothing for a couple of minutes, and then Mueller left. There was a giddy silence while everybody just looked at one another as if to say, “What the hell just happened?” It was a fair question.
What just happened? In less than seven years, Zuckerberg wired together a twelfth of humanity into a single network, thereby creating a social entity almost twice as large as the US. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest behind only China and India. Facebook has merged with the social fabric of American life, and not just American but human life: nearly half of all Americans have a Facebook account, but 70% of Facebook users live outside the US. It’s a permanent fact of our global social reality. We have entered the Facebook age, and Mark Zuckerberg is the man who brought us here.
MLA Citation
Grossman, Lev. Person of the Year 2010. Time Mag., 15 Dec 2010. Web 22 Feb 2012.
2037185,00.html
Powerpoint Requirements
1. First slide has Person of the Year and the person's name.
2. Second slide has pictures of the person.
3. Third slide has background information about the person.
1. First slide has Person of the Year and the person's name.
2. Second slide has pictures of the person.
3. Third slide has background information about the person.
4. Fourth slide has pertinent information making your case for his/her being Person of the Year.
5. Fifth slide has all the sources written in proper format. (There are many sites online to help you with this. You may use sites on the internet that do these automatically, if you are able. Also, there is a poster on the wall with helpful instructions.)
Speech Requirements
1. Subject of the speech is the person who, in your opinion, impacted the world the most in the past year.
2. Included is any information about that person that would be helpful in proving your case and swaying the audience that your choice as Person of the Year is the correct one.
3. An argument will be made by you why that person should be chosen as Person of the Year.
4. Your presentation must be between two and five minutes long.
5. Although not required, an interesting anecdote such as the one about Mark Zuckerberg and Robert Mueller above can be helpful.
Timeline
1. Outline due on Tuesday, October 27. (daily grade)
2. First two slides of powerpoint due on Wednesday, October 28. (daily grade)
5. Fifth slide has all the sources written in proper format. (There are many sites online to help you with this. You may use sites on the internet that do these automatically, if you are able. Also, there is a poster on the wall with helpful instructions.)
Speech Requirements
1. Subject of the speech is the person who, in your opinion, impacted the world the most in the past year.
2. Included is any information about that person that would be helpful in proving your case and swaying the audience that your choice as Person of the Year is the correct one.
3. An argument will be made by you why that person should be chosen as Person of the Year.
4. Your presentation must be between two and five minutes long.
5. Although not required, an interesting anecdote such as the one about Mark Zuckerberg and Robert Mueller above can be helpful.
Timeline
1. Outline due on Tuesday, October 27. (daily grade)
2. First two slides of powerpoint due on Wednesday, October 28. (daily grade)
3. Third and fourth slides due on Thursday, October 29. (daily grade)
4. Powerpoints due on Friday, October 30. (test grade)
5. Presentations given on Monday, November 2, and if necessary, Tuesday, November 3.
Outline Example (Yours may be different)
I. Introduction
II. Person
A. Background
B. Qualifications
C. Accomplishments
D. Impact
III. Conclusion
4. Powerpoints due on Friday, October 30. (test grade)
5. Presentations given on Monday, November 2, and if necessary, Tuesday, November 3.
Outline Example (Yours may be different)
I. Introduction
II. Person
A. Background
B. Qualifications
C. Accomplishments
D. Impact
III. Conclusion
Grading
There will be three daily grades as listed above.
There will be one more daily grade for the oral part of the presentation. (You will receive 50 points for each major rhetoric device you use, up to 100 points.)
There will be a test grade for the powerpoint. Each slide will be 15 points. The other 25 will be for the overall thoroughness and success in persuading me that your candidate is a good choice.
The question would be brought up whether someone who is dead could qualify. Yes, if you can make the case that the person still made the biggest impact on the world in the last year. Another question is whether or not a group of people can be persons of the year. Again, yes. However, there will be no "Animals of the Year" or "Inanimate Object of the Year" or "Bacteria of the Year", etc. It must be a person or group of people, living or dead,
3. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the
end of next Friday.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
1. Announce overall winner for the anti-bullying slogans/posters.
2. Read epitaphs in class.
3. Judge epitaphs and select individual class winners.
4. Put up the headstones with student epitaphs.
5. Any missing speeches (or other work) need to be done by the end of next Friday (10/30).
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
1. Read anti-bullying poems.
2. Judge poems and select individual class winners.
3. Discuss epitaphs.
4. Write an epitaph for yourself
5. Copy your epitaph onto a self-made paper/cardboard/posterboard headstone/tombstone.
6. Color and/or decorate it.
7. You will read the epitaph in class tomorrow.
8. We will put them on the wall for Halloween.
9. There will be prizes for the best ones.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
1. Write a 2-line poem about bullying.
2. Put it on a blank sheet of paper.
3. Color it, decorate it, draw a picture, whatever.
4. Read your poem about bullying to the class tomorrow.
3. Color it, decorate it, draw a picture, whatever.
4. Read your poem about bullying to the class tomorrow.
4. Read your poem about bullying to the class tomorrow.
Monday, October 19, 2015
1. Quiz on folder
2. Rhetoric and persuasion notes in folder.
RHETORIC AND PERSUASION
An ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, wanted to know how the quest for truth can be fueled or foiled through power of rhetoric and persuasion.
He strove for truth through logical appeals and emotion.
Aristotle, Plato's pupil, went further to create ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos, pathos, and logos are the three major types of rhetoric.
Ethos-- persuasion by appealing to credibility
Pathos-- persuasion by appealing to emotion
Logos-- persuasion by appealing to logic
WHAT IS RHETORIC?
It is the art of finding the best available means of persuading a specific audience in a specific situation.
THE RHETORICAL TRIANGLE
A person must consider all three elements when creating or analyzing rhetoric-- audience, writer, purpose
WRITER-- must make a good impression, establish credibility, and connect to persuade the audience.
AUDIENCE-- the speaker must give the audience what they expect or better, and he will have to address any preconceived notions the audience might have.
PURPOSE-- purposes of rhetoric are persuade, inform, and/or express.
RHETORICAL DEVICES-- this is how persuasive rhetoric is implemented. The major three are ethos, logos, and pathos.
DICTION-- style of speaking or writing based upon choice of words. Diction can be either objective (logic) or subjective (emotion); denotative (dictionary meaning) or connotative (emotional meaning); literal (factual) or figurative (exaggerated).
RHETORICAL QUESTION-- a question to which no answer is expected, because the answer is obvious. It is used to emphasize a point or create an emotional effect.
Examples:
Do you want to get grounded?
Are you stupid?
PARALLELISM-- using the same grammatical form to express ideas of equal worth.
ANALOGY-- a point by point comparison between two things for the purpose of clarifying the less familiar of the two subjects.
ALLUSION-- an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the author believes the audience will be familiar.
TRANSFER-- uses images to bring up strong feelings in order to persuade. It often uses symbols, like waving the flag, to stir emotions and win approval.
TESTIMONIAL-- using the words and images of a famous person or expert to persuade.
PLAIN FOLKS APPEAL-- this technique often depicts a product as attractive to ordinary people. Spokesperson is from humble origins and is relatable to audience; and he uses ordinary language and mannerisms.
BANDWAGON-- Persuading people to do something by letting them know others are doing it.
NAME CALLING-- creates fear and arouses prejudice by using negative words to create an unfavorable opinion against a group, belief, or proposal. It is often employed using sarcasm and ridicule.
CARD STACKING-- used to make the best case possible for the speaker's side and the worst for the opposing viewpoint by carefully using only those facts that support his or her side of the argument. It is difficult to detect for the audience to make an informed decision. Audience must decide what is missing.
SCARE TACTICS-- try to frighten people to agree with the speaker by threatening them or predicting unrealistically dire consequences.
OVERSTATEMENT-- making something seem more important than it really is.
UNDERSTATEMENT-- a figure of speech in which the speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it really is.
REPETITION-- the use of any element of language (word, phrase, sentence) more than once.
RHETORIC AND PERSUASION
An ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, wanted to know how the quest for truth can be fueled or foiled through power of rhetoric and persuasion.
He strove for truth through logical appeals and emotion.
Aristotle, Plato's pupil, went further to create ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos, pathos, and logos are the three major types of rhetoric.
Ethos-- persuasion by appealing to credibility
Pathos-- persuasion by appealing to emotion
Logos-- persuasion by appealing to logic
Ethos, pathos, and logos are the three major types of rhetoric.
Ethos-- persuasion by appealing to credibility
Pathos-- persuasion by appealing to emotion
Logos-- persuasion by appealing to logic
WHAT IS RHETORIC?
It is the art of finding the best available means of persuading a specific audience in a specific situation.
THE RHETORICAL TRIANGLE
A person must consider all three elements when creating or analyzing rhetoric-- audience, writer, purpose
WRITER-- must make a good impression, establish credibility, and connect to persuade the audience.
AUDIENCE-- the speaker must give the audience what they expect or better, and he will have to address any preconceived notions the audience might have.
PURPOSE-- purposes of rhetoric are persuade, inform, and/or express.
RHETORICAL DEVICES-- this is how persuasive rhetoric is implemented. The major three are ethos, logos, and pathos.
DICTION-- style of speaking or writing based upon choice of words. Diction can be either objective (logic) or subjective (emotion); denotative (dictionary meaning) or connotative (emotional meaning); literal (factual) or figurative (exaggerated).
RHETORICAL QUESTION-- a question to which no answer is expected, because the answer is obvious. It is used to emphasize a point or create an emotional effect.
Examples:
Do you want to get grounded?
Are you stupid?
PARALLELISM-- using the same grammatical form to express ideas of equal worth.
ANALOGY-- a point by point comparison between two things for the purpose of clarifying the less familiar of the two subjects.
ALLUSION-- an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the author believes the audience will be familiar.
TRANSFER-- uses images to bring up strong feelings in order to persuade. It often uses symbols, like waving the flag, to stir emotions and win approval.
TESTIMONIAL-- using the words and images of a famous person or expert to persuade.
PLAIN FOLKS APPEAL-- this technique often depicts a product as attractive to ordinary people. Spokesperson is from humble origins and is relatable to audience; and he uses ordinary language and mannerisms.
BANDWAGON-- Persuading people to do something by letting them know others are doing it.
BANDWAGON-- Persuading people to do something by letting them know others are doing it.
NAME CALLING-- creates fear and arouses prejudice by using negative words to create an unfavorable opinion against a group, belief, or proposal. It is often employed using sarcasm and ridicule.
CARD STACKING-- used to make the best case possible for the speaker's side and the worst for the opposing viewpoint by carefully using only those facts that support his or her side of the argument. It is difficult to detect for the audience to make an informed decision. Audience must decide what is missing.
SCARE TACTICS-- try to frighten people to agree with the speaker by threatening them or predicting unrealistically dire consequences.
OVERSTATEMENT-- making something seem more important than it really is.
UNDERSTATEMENT-- a figure of speech in which the speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it really is.
REPETITION-- the use of any element of language (word, phrase, sentence) more than once.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
1. Read the speech Emma Watson gave at the United Nations assembly.
On Saturday, September 20, British actor and Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women, Emma Watson, gave a smart, important, and moving speech about gender inequality and how to fight it. In doing so, she launched the HeForShe initiative, which aims to get men and boys to pledge to join the feminist fight for gender equality. In the speech Ms. Watson makes the very important point that in order for gender equality to be achieved, harmful and destructive stereotypes of and expectations for masculinity have got to change. Below is the full transcript of her thirteen-minute speech.
Today we are launching a campaign called HeForShe. I am reaching out to you because we need your help. We want to end gender inequality, and to do this, we need everyone involved. This is the first campaign of its kind at the UN. We want to try to mobilize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. And, we don’t just want to talk about it. We want to try and make sure that it’s tangible.
I was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women six months ago. And, the more I spoke about feminism, the more I realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.
For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of political, economic and social equality of the sexes.
I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago. When I was 8, I was confused for being called bossy because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents, but the boys were not. When at 14, I started to be sexualized by certain elements of the media. When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of sports teams because they didn’t want to appear muscly. When at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings.
I decided that I was a feminist, and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Women are choosing not to identify as feminists. Apparently, I’m among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, and anti-men. Unattractive, even.
Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one? I am from Britain, and I think it is right I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that will affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men.
But sadly, I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to see these rights. No country in the world can yet say that they achieved gender equality. These rights, I consider to be human rights, but I am one of the lucky ones.
My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn’t love me less because I was born a daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My mentors didn't assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influences were the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today. They may not know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists that are changing the world today. We need more of those.
And if you still hate the word, it is not the word that is important. It’s the idea and the ambition behind it, because not all women have received the same rights I have. In fact, statistically, very few have.
In 1997, Hillary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights. Sadly, many of the things that she wanted to change are still true today. But what stood out for me the most was that less than thirty percent of the audience were male. How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?
Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue, too. Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society, despite my need of his presence as a child, as much as my mother’s. I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help for fear it would make them less of a man. In fact, in the UK, suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20 to 49, eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success. Men don’t have the benefits of equality, either.
We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes, but I can see that they are, and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence. If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled.
Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum, instead of two sets of opposing ideals. If we stop defining each other by what we are not, and start defining ourselves by who we are, we can all be freer, and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom.
I want men to take up this mantle so that their daughters, sisters, and mothers can be free from prejudice, but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too, reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned, and in doing so, be a more true and complete version of themselves.
You might be thinking, “Who is this Harry Potter girl, and what is she doing speaking at the UN?” And, it’s a really good question. I’ve been asking myself the same thing.
All I know is that I care about this problem, and I want to make it better. And, having seen what I’ve seen, and given the chance, I feel it is my responsibility to say something.
Statesman Edmund Burke said, “All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.”
In my nervousness for this speech and in my moments of doubt, I told myself firmly, “If not me, who? If not now, when?” If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you, I hope those words will be helpful. Because the reality is that if we do nothing, it will take seventy-five years, or for me to be nearly 100, before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work. 15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children. And at current rates, it won't be until 2086 before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.
If you believe in equality, you might be one of those inadvertent feminists that I spoke of earlier, and for this, I applaud you. We are struggling for a uniting word, but the good news is, we have a uniting movement. It is called HeForShe. I invite you to step forward, to be seen and to ask yourself, “If not me, who? If not now, when?”
Thank you very, very much.
2. Those who did not make it to a minute may redo impromptu speeches.
On Saturday, September 20, British actor and Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women, Emma Watson, gave a smart, important, and moving speech about gender inequality and how to fight it. In doing so, she launched the HeForShe initiative, which aims to get men and boys to pledge to join the feminist fight for gender equality. In the speech Ms. Watson makes the very important point that in order for gender equality to be achieved, harmful and destructive stereotypes of and expectations for masculinity have got to change. Below is the full transcript of her thirteen-minute speech.
2. Those who did not make it to a minute may redo impromptu speeches.
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