Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Winter Break

Hi, folks --



Don't post a response, but here are your reminders for Winter Break.



1. Relax.

2. Read your Literary Research Book. If you are not in love, contact me before halfway through break so we can discuss other options.

3. Reread the argument chapter of Patterns

4. Create a 1-2 page rhetorical analysis of an advertisement (and this can be a political campaign) addressing the following...


  • Purpose

  • Appeal

  • Audience

  • Evidence/credibility -- fact vs opinion

  • Fallacies

  • Deductive or inductive reasoning

We'll take a look at these ads when you get back to class, so bring the ad with to class, and then you'll develop your analysis a bit more that night, considering diction, syntax, effectiveness. If you want to be a go-getter and do this over break, feel free.


5. Read advertisement on page 582 and The Declaration of Independence in argument chapter for Tuesday after break.

6. Relax some more.

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