Thursday, January 19, 2017

Friday, January 20, 2017

1. Check responses about equality as Dr. Martin Luther King saw it and whether it has come to pass.
2. Discuss the issue.
3. Notes on rhetoric and persuasion


Rhetoric and Persuasion

 Rhetoric:
The art of finding the best available means of persuading a specific audience in a specific situation.

Elements of the rhetorical triangle:
Audience
Purpose
Writer (or speaker)

Purposes of rhetoric:
Persuade
Inform
Express

Three major rhetorical devices:
Logos
Pathos
Ethos

Other rhetorical devices:
Diction
Parallelism
Rhetorical question
Analogy
Allusion
Transfer
Testimonial
Plain folks appeal
Bandwagon
Name calling
Card stacking
Scare tactics
Overstatement
Understatement
Repetition

4. If there is time, catch up on All About Me presentations, as well as jokes.

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