Rhetoric—Whose idea was it? Socrates: 469-399 B.C.E. Father of Western philosophy and Mentor to Plato. Epistemology and logic. Plato: 424-348 B.C.E. Student of Socrates and founder of “The Academy” Philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric and mathematics. Aristotle: 384-322 B.C.E. Student of Plato, and teacher to Alexander the Great.

Recognition and Congratulations! It’s Iliana’s birthday (Wed)

Eco Fact of the Week A recent study by the UN revealed that 41.8 million pounds of e-waste were discarded in 2015. Furthermore, over 90 percent of this e-waste was found to be illegally exported or dumped. What is “recycled” is sometimes sent to third- world countries in Africa and Asia to be cleaned/incinerated by workers in sweatshop-like conditions, causing much danger to public health. If you have any old electronics you would like to discard, please make sure to dispose of them responsibly at the designated e-waste drop off locations SSS has around the school. Vignesh Viswanath, President, Students for Sustainable Schools, Hamilton Branch

Housekeeping Are you monitoring your grade? Alert me immediately to any discrepancies. Bringing your book to class—it’s on the assignment calendar, and you are responsible for bringing it! The Daily Course Calendar was last updated on August 18 Are you reading?

AP Language and Composition Tuesday, 23 August 2015 Time will pass; will you? 72 school days remain in the fall semester. Today’s Objectives: To review close reading and rhetorical analysis To practice a close reading analysis—Barbara Aesher’s “The Box Man”

Coming Due—do not squander time—that’s the stuff life’s made of! Tomorrow: Bring your timed writing on Honor Codes Bring “The Box Man” back with you Thursday: “SOAPSTRA” worksheet for “The Boxman” Monday, 8/29: Vocab Log #2; Vocab Sentence Set #1: Parallel Stuctures —tii upload required

Today’s Class— please have your vocabulary logs on your desks Defining: “Close Reading” and “Rhetorical Analysis” Reading: “The Boxman” Analyzing/Thinking: Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Subject Tone (with evidence) Rhetorical Argument (claim, support evidence) Analysis (identifying rhetorical devices and analyzing their use—how and why these devices are used)

What is rhetoric? The traditional definition of rhetoric, first proposed by Aristotle, and embellished over the centuries by scholars and teachers, is that rhetoric is the art of observing in any given case the “available means of persuasion.” Rhetorical Analysis: Defining an author’s purpose, and identifying and analyzing the techniques and strategies employed to achieve that purpose.