Thursday, October 13

On a piece of paper, write what paper you’re re-visioning and your availability next Wednesday before 4 p.m. and after class next Thursday.

How do we get others to accept our point of view?

Aristotle’s Appeals

Persuasive Appeals

Principles of Persuasion

1. logos

2. pathos

3. ethos

Appeal to Reason

Appeal to emotion

Appeal to Good Character

LOGOS

ETHOS

PATHOS

Aristotle’s Appeals

LOGOS

PATHOS

ETHOSJay, Robert, Emily, Glenn, Kailey, Diana, Isaac

Monica B., Joyce, Kevin, Jenn G., Amanda, and Kwesi

Ritz, Jimmy, Veronica, Monica R., Chris, Jenn S., and Kelton

Appeal Presentations

Appeal Presentations

ELECT A FEW speakers TO explain the appeal TO THE CLASS.

ELECT A Notetaker TO WRITE KEY IDEAS ABOUT

YOUR APPEAL ON THE WHITEBOARD.

ELECT A FEW guides TO TAKE THE CLASS THROUGH THE EXAMPLES IN Eating Animals.

Appeals Presentations

TAKE 10 MINUTES OR SO TO DISCUSS THE APPEAL

WITH YOUR GROUP MEMBERS.

Thesis StatementIN Eating Animals, JONATHAN

SAFRAN FOER’S USE OF [ETHOS/PATHOS/LOGOS] IS

[EFFECTIVE/UNCONVINCING], AS [REASON WHY].

WHILE HIS USE OF [APPEAL] IS

EFFECTIVE/UNCONVINCING], JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

[EFFECTIVELY/UNCONVINCINGLY] USES [APPEALS].

Read Kevin’s piece

Workshop1. Does the post link to (or quote) what the writer read?

2. Does the writer analyze/synthesize what it says?

3. Does the writer have a clear goal or purpose in writing?

4. Does the subject have kairos, or exigency?

5. Does the writer anticipate a real audience?

Blog CommentsTo write connectively, you must join a conversation. To write connectively, you must hyperlink. To write connectively, you mustcite your sources.

Homework:1. READ Chapters 4 and 5 IN EA + 7 QUOTES IN DIALECTIC JOURNAL2. BRING 4 copies of Revision ON TUES.3. Blog post #2 DUE BY WEDNESDAY?4. Comment ON 3 OF YOUR PEERS’ BLOGS. (NOTICE IF THEY’VE INVITED YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION.)

LOGOSAPPEAL TO Reason

PATHOS APPEAL TO emotion

ETHOSAPPEAL TO Good Character

APPEAL Examples

Q: A lot of young writers out there are jealous of you. How do you handle that?A: I've never met them. It's not an issue in my life. I don't think writers should be jealous of me.

(“WHO IN THE WORLD IS JSF?” 2003).

Tuesday, October 11

Blog #1Writing Reflection

Housekeeping

BLOG QUESTIONS?

WORKSHOP ON ILEARN?

GROUP READING OF BLOG POST

REVISION AND PORTFOLIO

GRADES

Eating Animals

In other words, for what is Foer arguing?

WHAT IS Foer’s purpose?

“OUR RESPONSE TO THE factory farm

IS ULTIMATELY A TEST OF HOW WE RESPOND TO THE

POWERLESS, TO THE MOST DISTANT, TO THE VOICELESS—IT IS A TEST OF HOW WE ACT

WHEN NO ONE IS FORCING US TO ACT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

CONSISTENCY IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT engagement with the

problem IS” (267).

Rhetoric Review

What is rhetoric?EFFECTIVELY USING LANGUAGE

TO PERSUADE, INFORM, ENTERTAIN

What is the rhetorical situation?

THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH YOU COMMUNICATE

What four elements are in every rhetorical situation?

AUTHORAUDIENCE

TEXTCONTEXT

RHETORICAL SITUATION

AUTHORAGE

BELIEFS

POLITICAL VIEWSLOCATION

GENDER

EXPERIENCE

PARENTS PEERS

EDUCATION

WHAT AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS

DOES A WRITER NEED TO CONSIDER WHILE

COMPOSING?

AUDIENCE

AUDIENCE

PAST EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

SOCIAL CLASSAGE

CULTURE/SUBCULTURE

EXPECTATIONS

TO WHOM IS Foer writing?

WHAT TEXTUAL CLUES REVEAL

FOER’S RHETORICAL AUDIENCE?

“ONLY...THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE

capable of being influenced by discourse

AND OF BEING MEDIATORS OF

CHANGE”(WHITE).

RHETORICAL AUDIENCE

AUDIENCE

PAST EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

SOCIAL CLASSAGE

CULTURE/SUBCULTURE

EXPECTATIONS

“THE SPREAD OF PET-KEEPING AMONG THE

urban middle classes IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA IS...A DEVELOPMENT OF

GENUINE SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND INDEED COMMERCIAL

IMPORTANCE”(22).

“SIXTY-THREE PERCENT OF American households

HAVE AT LEAST ONE PET...KEEPING

COMPANION ANIMALS BECAME COMMON ONLY WITH THE RISE OF THE

middle class AND URBANIZATION” (22).

“(Americans SPEND $34 BILLION ON THEIR

COMPANION ANIMALS EVERY YEAR.)”

(22).

WHAT OTHER TEXTUAL CLUES INDICATE THAT Foer is writing to the

middle class?

Reading rhetorically

Rhetorical Analysis PROMPT

AUDIENCE Thesis

“IN Eating Animals, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ADDRESSES A [TYPE OF AUDIENCE] BY/THROUGH/WITH...”

APPEALSPRESENTATIONS

HW for Thursday:1. READ “Words/Meaning” + FOUR QUOTES IN DIALECTIC JOURNAL2. APPEAL GROUP PRESENTATIONS

*10 MINUTES TO TALK TO GROUP ON THURSDAY*10 MINUTE PRESENTATION OF APPEAL AND EXAMPLES

3. BLOG RESEARCH 4. COMMENT ON PEERS’ BLOGS