Periods 5,6 September 15, 2015

Periods 5,6

Objective: Understand and apply basic rhetorical terms:

1. An Introduction to Rhetoric: Using the “Available Means”       Chapter 1 LOC pages 1-10
2. Read and discuss pages 1-10
3. Create key vocabulary notecards: Term on the front; definition(s) and examples on back

Homework: Due Thursday, September 17, 2015

Refer to Page 9:     ¾ to 1 page double spaced size 12, standard font, standard margins

How rhetorically effective do you find Einstein’s response? Explain your answer in terms of one or more of these areas:

Ø  subject, speaker, audience

Ø  context and purpose

Ø  appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos

List o' terms from Chapter 1 so far:  (notecards =)

Rhetoric

Audience

Context

Purpose

Thesis/Claim

Assertion

Subject

Speaker

RhetoricalTriangle

Aristotelian Triangle

Persona

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Tone

Counterargument

Assumption

Concede/concession

Refute/refutations

Connotations

Propagandistic

Polemical