RHETORIC Aristotle Defined rhetoric as the faculty of
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RHETORIC
Aristotle Defined rhetoric as “the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion”
• Every essay, political cartoon, photograph, and advertisement is designed to convince you of something! • You must be able to read between the lines • Style in writing: – https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=OYkye. Mgp 7 Xk
• Identify the strongest rhetorical strategies used in a particular section. Don’t pick every strategy, just the strongest – LOGOS – PATHOS – ETHOS • OTHERS?
Your homework • Speaker? • Purpose? • Audience? • Context? • Exigence? What do you know about the author? Why Iwo Jima? What do you know about Iwo Jima: https: //www. youtube. com/w atch? v=h. T-n. VMnr-Fo
Lou Gehrig Speech https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=f. Loq_st_JEo Fill out info for SOAPStone & Aristotlean Triad First after a cold read (in your head), then… This is your exit ticket – turn one in/group
HOMEWORK 1. Construct and analyze a rhetorical situation for writing a review of a movie, video game, concert, etc. Be very specific in your analysis: what is your subject? What is your purpose? Who is your audience? What is your relationship to the audience? Remember, you are NOT writing a full essay; just analyze the rhetorical situation. This can be written on the back of your typed analysis (the 2 nd part of your homework below). Examples: • Subject: The subject is X-Men: Days of Future Past. Purpose: Is to convince my cousins to watch X-Men: Days of Future Past. Audience: My audience is my younger cousins because I know that they will like the movie since they like superheroes. The relationship is that my cousins can trust me because I am related to them and I do not lie. • For my rhetorical situation I am writing a review on the movie "Saving Mr. Banks" My subject is about how amazing the movie was and how it is a great movie to watch with the whole family. My purpose is to convince my audience to watch the movie. The audience would be random people I see at the movies who are deciding on which movie to watch. I would give them my opinion but they might not listen to me or take my advice. They do not know who I am and since I am a teenager my credibility is not as strong. 2. Do question 4 on page 135 – this should be typed in MLA format. Make sure the visual is on the same page as your analysis info.