- Editing practice revise student work
- Review Act 4 of the Crucible
- Discuss rhetorical analysis of two related scenes
- Students complete rhetorical analysis for one scene
How does Proctor's changing response to his wife and Judge Danforth reflect the difficulties in our opening statements? "I would rather die than confess to something that I did not do." and "It is better to die for what you believe in rather than lie to save your life."
Using ideas from your classwork, write for one page, double-spaced, 12 pt with at least 2 short integrated quotes from The Crucible excerpts.
Wednesday and Thursday, 9/30 and 10/1
- Ethos/Logos/Pathos identification work with advertisements
- Ethos--argument from authority.
- example: leading shark expert, Greg Skomal, explained why the shark beached in Chatham
- Pathos--argument from emotional feeling or allegiance
- example: As a Patriots fan, I can tell you that they never cheat.
- Logos--argument from logic or reason
- example--After determining that experimental drug A helped people 65% of the time and experimental drug B helped people 25% of the time, the pharmaceutical company decided to take drug A to market.
- Puritans and Jonathan Edwards
- Triad Analysis of Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the hands of an angry God"
- Review basic MLA format
1. Many in Edward's congregation were said to have fainted and cried out as hedelivered this speech. What parts of his sermon would evoke such a response? Why?
2. Edwards’ sermon is considered persuasive. What is he trying to
persuade his audience of, and what strategies (rhetorical or
otherwise) does Edwards use to persuade people?
For period F, complete vocabulary sentences.
Friday 10/2
- MLA quote integration practice
- previous hw collected
- class reading of "Young Goodman Brown"
- discussion and connections to American Dream vs American Nightmare
How does the author Nathaniel Hawthorne express this class's major theme of the American Dream vs. the American Nightmare?
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