All voting is a…

…sort of gaming. Henry David Thoreau (Civil Disobedience)

We start with a little quiz on LEP and Toulmin.  Enjoy.

Next, imagine you’d like to give rhetorical advice to your fellow students. 1) What would be a common kairos (situation)? 2) Describe a method on a poster that would use rhetorical techniques 3) Draw a pretty picture.

Next, it’s all about the next paper assignment: Thoreau and King Rhetorical Analysis.  The schedule is to have a rough draft due next Wednesday.

Finally, we’ll talk about logical fallacies. Here are 10 logical fallacies. Research them here and then create 3 short paragraphs, 2 of which are examples of fallacies and 1 which is meant to be logically consistent. In class, we’ll run these paragraphs and see if the class can guess which is which. Make sure that it’s not obvious that you using a fallacy.

1. Circular Argument
2. Slippery Slope
3. Either/Or
4. Post Hoc
5. Anecdotal Fallacy
6. Gambler’s Fallacy
7. Hasty Generalization
8. Ad Hominem
9. Straw Man
10. Tu Quoque

HW: Read Civil Disobedience and sketch out some similarities and differences.