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English III—October 6, 2015 Daily Warm-up: Who is your target audience for your speech? How do you plan to incorporate evidence that appeals to this audience? Homework: – Reading Plus due Sunday at 11:59. – Study for Lesson 10 Vocabulary Quiz on Friday. – Independent Reading Project due Friday.

English III—Lesson 10 Vocabulary Monitor—v. observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time Admonish—v. warn or reprimand someone firmly Admonition—n. authoritative counsel or warning Monitory—adj. giving or serving as a warning (the monitory screech of the fire alarm) Premonition—n. a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant Noxious—adj. harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant Innocuous—adj. not harmful or offensive Innocence—n. lack of corruption; purity Obnoxious—adj. extremely unpleasant Nocuous—adj. harmful, or poisonous.

1. Should students be allowed to have cell phones in elementary and high schools? 2. Should students have to wear uniforms? 3. Should college athletes be paid for playing? 4. Should state colleges be free to attend for in-state residents? 5. Should all American citizens have to complete a year of community service? 6. Should students be required to take a foreign language course? 8. Should the voting age be lowered to thirteen? 9. Should the driving age be raised to twenty-one? 10. Should students be paid for having good grades?

12. Should students’ textbooks be replaced by notebook computers? 13. Should students have to pass a basic skills test to graduate high school? 14. Should schools raise money by selling candy and sugary soft drinks to students? 15. Should schools serve french-fries and fried potato products to students at lunch? 16. Should students’ grades in gym affect their grade point averages? 17. Should girls be allowed to play on boy’s sports teams? 18. Should teens be able to buy violent video games? 19. Should boys and girls be in separate classes? 20. Should teenage girls be allowed to get birth control without the permission of their parents?

21. Should our country have a universal health care program? 22. Should immigration laws be reformed? 23. Should the federal government recognize civil unions (i.e. gay marriages)? 24. Should people who download music and movies illegally be punished? 25. Should school athletes have to be on the honor roll to play in games? 26. Should music with curse words be allowed at school dances? 27. Should go-go bands be allowed to play at PG County school dances? 28. Should students be able to listen to MP3 players on headphones during class? 29. Should schools offer fast food options like McDonalds or Taco Bell? 30. Should cities offer free public Wi-Fi? 31. Should the government place a tax on junk food and fatty snacks? 32. Should people travelling in airplanes have to undergo intensive security screenings? 33. Should teachers have to pass a basic skills test every ten years to renew their certification?

34. Should people be allowed to keep exotic animals like chimpanzees or tigers? 35. Should people be allowed to keep pit-bull dogs? 36. Should the city offer a bike-sharing program? 37. Should there be an ordinance citing people who fail to recycle $50? 38. Should there be an ordinance citing people who play music too loudly $50? 39. Should celebrities who break the law face stricter penalties? 40. Should larger patrons/passengers have to pay for two plane or movie theater tickets?

41. Should people have to get a license to become parents? 42. Should there be tougher federal restrictions for content on the Internet? 43. Should people be allowed to curse on daytime television? 46. Should students who commit cyberbullying be suspended from school? 47. Should corporations be allowed to advertise in schools? 48. Should students be allowed to eat during class? 49. Should more be done to protect and preserve endangered animals? 50. Is it appropriate for students and teachers to be friends on Facebook?

Planning Your Persuasive Speech—Rhetorical Context SOAPSToneYour plan Speaker: What is your role as the speaker in this piece (concerned citizen, student)? Occasion: What is the occasion that informs your writing (the circumstances prompting this piece)? Audience: Who is your target audience? Purpose: What do you want to accomplish with this speech? Subject: What is the topic of your essay? Tone: What is your attitude towards the subject or the issue? How will your diction convey that attitude?

Argumentative Essay Outline I. Introduction – A. Hook (more than just a question, it must really make your reader interested in your essay). – B. Background and explanation of the issue. – C. Strong claim/thesis (I believe that __________________because...) II. First point – A. You need a strong transition, and your first point should be your topic sentence. – B. Give at least three pieces of evidence to support your first point. Each piece of evidence should be its own sentence. – C. Closing sentence. III. Second Point – A. You need a strong transition, and your second point should be your topic sentence. – B. Give at least three pieces of evidence to support your second point. Each piece of evidence should be its own sentence. – C. Closing sentence. IV. Third Point – A. You need a strong transition, and your third point should be your topic sentence. – B. Give at least three pieces of evidence to support your third point. Each piece of evidence should be its own sentence. – C. Closing sentence.

Argumentative Essay Outline V. Counterclaim – A. Address the counterclaim (signal words: Others may believe that; It can be argued that; On the other hand; Another perspective is; One could argue that; Opponents disagree because) – B. Refute the counterclaim using evidence, data, facts, and logic (however; yet; but this interpretation is flawed/questionable; yet studies suggest; but what they fail to acknowledge is). VI. Conclusion – A. Restate your claim/thesis in a creative way that makes your argument clear to the reader. – B. Summarize the main points of your argument. – C. Provide a call to action. What should be done to fix the problem? What should someone do if he/she agrees with you? – Remember: you must use at least two rhetorical devices in your speech—parallelism, anaphora, allusions, and rhetorical questions. – You must also incorporate the rhetorical devices of ethos, pathos, and logos in your speech.