“I’d rather cross the Atlantic five times, then…

…hear my children cry for vicuals once.”

We’ll start with small groups comparing analysis on the Downe prompt. Each group will choose 5 possible strategies used and create a topic sentence for each. Remember, logos, pathos, ethos as categories.

Take a look at the following list of rhetorical strategies. Imagine that you are going to try and convince us that “Everyone should take the AP exam.” Use 1 of the strategies and see if we can guess which one.

Triplets: In small groups no bigger than 3, choose one paragraph passage from this site (Quotidiana) and prepare to teach it to the rest of the class. Use Keynote or PowerPoint to 1) show us the passage 2) illustrate specific uses of rhetorical strategies and 3) ask questions about how these strategies affect the impact the argument makes.

HW: Read “Lying in Bed” by G.K. Chesterton and write a blog post that analyzes the 4-5 most important strategies used by the author.