DO NOW: What is a rhetorical analysis? How should your thesis be formatted?

4 Core Texts: Rhetorical Analysis You will be assigned a number 1-4, which corresponds to a Core Text. – 1: Reagan’s Challenger Address – 2: MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail – 3: Sedaris’s Remembering my Childhood… – 4: Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant Your task: write a rhetorical analysis introduction for your assigned speech.

Group Assessment Jigsaw with 3 students who worked with different speeches, so you have 1, 2, 3, 4. This is your opportunity to confer about your responses and compile them together. You will receive an individual grade and a group grade.

Sample Group Discussion Student 1: I wrote that King furthers his purpose by effectively employing diction, and appeals to pathos and logos. Student 2: That’s pretty good, but make sure you include what type of diction he uses. Student 1: Oh, that’s right. And do you think we can describe his tone as passionate? Student 3: I’m not sure, he seems to have a calmer attitude.

Persuasive Documentary: Food INC In your notes, draw the following chart to fill in during our viewing. Rhetorical Strategies Used Appeals to Ethos/Pathos/Logos SOAPStone S- O- A- P- S- Tone