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Unit 1 - Introduction to Rhetoric

1 Introduction to the Course

2 Ethos, Pathos, Logos

3 Rhetorical Triangle

4 SOAPSTone

5 Logical Fallacies I

6 Logical Fallacies II

7 Inductive v Deductive

8 Need to Know Terminology I

9 Need to Know Terminology II

10 Need to Know Terminology III

11 Need to Know Terminology IV

12 How to Annotate a Text

13 How and Why We Will Read Text

Unit 2 - Narration

14 "Graduation" by Maya Angelou

15 "Graduation" – Discussion

16 "Salvation" by Langston Hughes

17 "Salvation" – Discussion

18 "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

19 "Me Talk Pretty One Day" - Discussion

Unit 3 - Description

20 "The Death of the Moth" by Virginia Woolf

21 "The Death of the Moth" - Discussion

22 "Listening" by Eudora Welty

23 "Listening" - Discussion

24 "The Stunt Pilot" by Annie Dillard

25 "The Stunt Pilot" - Discussion

26 "Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White

27 "Once More to the Lake" - Discussion

Unit 4 - Process Analysis

28 "On Keeping a Notebook" by Joan Didion

29 "On Keeping a Notebook" - Discussion

30 "Learning to Read and Write" by Frederick Douglass

31 "Learning to Read and Write" - Discussion

32 "Learning to Read" by Malcom X

33 "Learning to Read" - Discussion

34 "On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Eighner

35 "On Dumpster Diving" - Discussion

Unit 5 - Example

36 "The Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson

37 "The Declaration of Independence" - Discussion

38 "The Inheritance of Tools" by Scott Russell Sand

39 "The Inheritance of Tools" - Discussion

40 "Aren't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth

41 "Aren't I a Woman?" - Discussion

42 "Cars and Their Enemies" by James Q. Wilson

43 "Cars and Their Enemies" - Discussion

Unit 6 - Definition

44 "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua

45 "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" - Discussion

46 "On Being a Cripple" by Nancy Mairs

47 "On Being a Cripple" - Discussion

48 "On Being Black and Middle Class" by Shelby Steele

49 "On Being Black and Middle Class" - Discussion

50 "Notes of a Native Speaker" by Eric Liu

51 "Notes of a Native Speaker" - Discussion

Unit 7 - Classification

52 "The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson

53 "The Ways We Lie" - Discussion

54 "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan

55 "Mother Tongue" - Discussion

56 "I Just Wanna Be Average" by Mike Rose

57 "I Just Wanna Be Average" - Discussion

58 "There Is No Unmarked Woman" by Deborah Tannen

59 "There Is No Unmarked Woman" - Discussion

Unit 8 - Comparison and Contrast

60 "The Allegory of the Cave" by Plato

61 "The Allegory of the Cave" - Discussion

62 "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau

63 "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" - Discussion

64 "Lost in the Kitchen" by Dave Barry

65 "Lost in the Kitchen" - Discussion

66 "Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" by Richard Rodriguez

67 "Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" - Discussion

Unit 9 - Cause and Effect

68 "Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley

69 "Why Don't We Complain?" - Discussion

70 "The Morals of the Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli

71 "The Morals of the Prince" - Discussion

72 "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space" - Brent Staples

73 "Just Walk on By" - Discussion

74 "Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn

75 "Television: The Plug-In Drug" - Discussion

Unit 10 - Argument/Persuasion

76 "Letter From Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr.

77 "Letter From Birmingham Jail" - Discussion

78 "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln

79 "The Gettysburg Address" - Discussion

80 "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" by E. C. Stanton

81 "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" - Discussion

Unit 11 - Rhetorical Analysis I

82 Rhetorical Analysis with Alfred Green 2003

83 Coca Cola v Grove Press 1998 - Introduction

84 Coca Cola v Grove Press - Discussion

85 Benjamin Banneker 2010 - Introduction

86 Benjamin Banneker - Discussion

87 Pink Flamingo Price 2006 - Introduction

88 Pink Flamingo Price - Discussion

89 MagnaSoles 2005 - Introduction

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90 MagnaSoles - Discussion

Unit 12 - Rhetorical Analysis II

91 Environmentalists v People First 2009 - Introduction

92 Environmentalists v People First - Discussion

93 Immigration 2003B - Introduction

94 Immigration - Discussion

95 Making a Home in a Restless World - Introduction

96 Making a Home in a Restless World - Discussion

97 Abigail Adams 2014 - Introduction

98 Abigail Adams 2014 - Discussion

99 Cesar Chavez 2015 - Introduction

100 Cesar Chavez - Discussion

Unit 13 - Argument

101 Defend, Challenge, Qualify v Develop a Position

102 Argument – Introduction with Humorists 2010

103 Adversity v Talent 2009

104 Certainty v Doubt 2012

105 Corporate Sponsor 2008

106 Incentivizing Charity 2007

107 Ownership v Self Identity 2013

108 Buy Nothing Day 2010B

109 Average Man 2011B

110 Teaching Creativity 2014

111 Polite Speech 2015

Unit 14 - Synthesis

112 Take a Position v Identify Factors

113 Introduction to Synthesis with Locovore Movement

114 Locavore Movement - Essay

115 Advertising Synthesis 2007

116 Advertising Synthesis - Discussion

117 Space Exploration 2009

118 Monuments 2013

119 Govt Promoting Green Life 2011B - Student Essay

120 Technology in the Classroom 2010 - Student Essay

Unit 15 - Multiple-Choice Test

121 Introduction to Multiple Choice

122 Main Idea Questions

123 Inference Questions

124 Rhetorical Questions

125 Diction Questions

126 Grammar Questions

127 Form Questions

128 Tone/Attitude Questions

129 Purpose Questions

130 Footnote Questions

131 Strategies

132 Passage Order

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