Bellwork Directions: 1) Copy the sentence. 2) Correct the errors in the sentence. 3) Underline the words or phrases that provide clues to the meaning of the word in bold. 4) Come up with a definition for the word in bold. His behavior becomes so boorish, when he hangs out with Steve “You’re acting like a Neanderthal ” I tell him.

Unit 3: Age of Reason In the end Annotate all the rhetorical devices and strategies used in a speech Use these same devices and strategies in your speech Ace the test

Age of Reason: Quick and Dirty Events French and Indian War  Britain needed $$ attempted to collect taxes from colonies Boston Massacre declared independence stage was set for war Literature politics public newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, and speeches independence Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Ben Franklin

Who’s the best? Jonathan Edwards – “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Patrick Henry – “Speech in the Virginia Convention” Benjamin Franklin – “Speech in the Convention” Thomas Paine – American Crisis #1

Look For… Appeal to friendly Repetition Appeal to hostile Restatement Rhetorical Devices: alliteration, anadiplosis, anaphora, antithesis, ayndeton, chiasmus, epistrophe, paradox, syllepsis, tautology Appeal to friendly Appeal to hostile Ethos Pathos Logos Motif Allusion Call to action Other? Repetition Restatement Parallelism Rhetorical Question Hypophora Concession to Counterargument Rebuttal of Counterargument

Four Corners Choose a corner based on who you think is the best persuasive speaker. Your corner has 1 minute to develop your opening argument. After all the opening arguments have been shared, we will start with rebuttals. If at any time, you are swayed by an argument, move to that corner. The corner with the most constituents wins.