1. RWS 100 – Monday – 10/9/17
Tackling
Assignment Two

2. The Weeknd
I started to put up a “The Weeknd” picture to ask them how their weekend was. It got a laugh every single time.

3. Grades Posted Assignment One grades have been posted.
You should be able to see my comments/end note on Blackboard.
Curve. Turnaround. Revision.
Overall grade?
Future assignments...

4. Grades Posted A lot of you have A’s right now.
As more assignments come in, that will most likely go down.
Just an FYI.
Don’t be scared.
But don’t become complacent.
Volunteer to look at comments?

5. Grades Posted
End comment.
Rubric.
Marks in the paper.

6. Assignment 1 Thoughts Some of you used semicolons; my bad.
Do not quote the whole title, only the funny first part if you have a colon title.
Use page numbers, even in Google docs.
Quote only what’s important and don’t summarize.

7. Semicolons
FF9

8. I graded Assignment 1 and did the 50 pushups.

9. To contextualize the pushups, I talked about how they were obsessed with fitness in ancient Greece and how building your body at the gym is just as important as building your mind at school.

10. Mid-Semester Evaluation Results Turns out you all don’t hate me.
(That was before grading, though.)
The “real” evals are at the end.

11. I was a little perturbed with students talking when I was talking, so I told them I would die my beard gray so I was older and they would listen up.

12. Assumption Memes
Share your homework with a classmate.

13. A student sent me this meme.

14. Appeals Handout
A handy handout for appeals.

15. Appeals and Rhetorical Strategies
A handy handout for determining which rhetorical appeals to talk about for which rhetorical strategies.

16. Rhetorical Strategies
Let’s go over all of the rhetorical strategies in the articles.

17. Introductions - Assignment 2
Include:
Hook
Rhetorical situation for two articles
Thesis

18. Hook
You need a hook.
Can be about smoking, student newspaper writing, rhetorical strategies, appeals, or something else that is interesting and relevant.

19. Rhetorical Situation
Please include the rhetorical situation for BOTH articles.
Be concise but do not leave anything important out.
This is to contextualize the pieces for readers.

20. Thesis You must also have a thesis.
You can use the same format as before:
“In this paper I will analyze…”
You should probably say that one author is more effective than the other and why.

21. Conclusion the significance of the argument
how the authors have impacted your thinking/views on this topic
the effectiveness of the argument (a key strength or weakness)

22. Conclusion Please do not just restate your introduction.
Please take your essay further than just reiterating that so-and-so is effective/ineffective.

23. Body Paragraphs Example
Example body paragraph.
[Topic sentence]
[Quote rhetorical strategy]
[Explain why appeals]
[Evaluate extent to which appeals persuade audience]

24. Homework
To be posted on Blackboard.