1. Rhetoric Lesson 3
English II

2. Review Prior Learning
We have learned that RHETORIC is the study of effective speaking and listening for the purpose of ______________.
RHETORIC considers not just what is being said, but also _________ it is being said--__________ as well as form.

3. Review Prior Learning
We have learned that RHETORIC is the study of effective speaking and listening for the purpose of persuasion.
RHETORIC considers not just what is being said, but also _______ it is being said--______ as well as form.

4. Review Prior Learning
We have learned that RHETORIC is the study of effective speaking and listening for the purpose of persuasion.
RHETORIC considers not just what is being said, but also how it is being said- _________ as well as form.

5. Review Prior Learning
We have learned that RHETORIC is the study of effective speaking and listening for the purpose of persuasion.
RHETORIC considers not just what is being said, but also how it is being said-content as well as form.

6. Today We Will:
Use context to determine the meaning of words in a text.
Analyze how an author develops a series of ideas in a text.

7. Keep the End in Mind
Remember that our long-term goal for this unit is for you to apply rhetoric to your own persuasive speech in front of our class.
Be thinking about issues that you are passionate about and that you’d like to research to present to the class.
Thinking long term will give you a focus as you analyze the writing of others and assess what is and is not effective regarding rhetoric.

8. You Will Need:
“Address to the Congress on Women’s Suffrage” by Carrie Chapman Catt
Vocabulary Log
Reading Response Journals

9. A Bit of Background Info
Carrie Chapman Catt
Attended Iowa State Agricultural College—she was the valedictorian and the only female to graduate from her class
Only men were allowed to speak during debates…until she defied the status quo
She was a teacher, a superintendent, and San Francisco's first female newspaper reporter
Worked with the National American Woman Suffrage Association and addressed congress when asked by Susan B. Anthony
Riddled with controversy

10. The Power of WOrds
In August of 2016, a statue honoring women who led the way toward women being granted the right to vote was erected at Centennial Park in Nashville, TN. Catt was one of the honorees among otherwise exclusively Tennessee women…why?

11. The Power of WOrds
Harry T. Burn was a republican congressman during the women’s suffrage movement.
He had decided on a “nay” vote until his mother wrote him a note…

12. The Mother who Saved SUffrage
Dear Son: Hurray and vote for Suffrage and don’t keep them in doubt. I noticed Chandlers’ speech, it was very bitter. I’ve been waiting to see how you stood but have not seen anything yet…Don’t forget to be a good boy and help Mrs. Catt with her “Rats.” Is she the one that put rat in ratification, Ha! No more from mama this time. With lots of love, Mama
Burn’s mother sent him the words to the left just before the vote…
Congress needed 36 states to affirm women’s suffrage before it would be passed on a national scale…
They had 35…
The story is that Burn gripped the note from his mother in his hand while he took a deep breath and voted…YAY!
Suffrage was passed with TENNESSEE as the 36th state and history was changed forever!

13. Let’s Listen to the Text!
Read along as you hear the text read aloud.
Put a box around the following words as we encounter them in the text:
Suffrage
Inevitable
Unenfranchised

14. “Woman suffrage is inevitable.” (paragraph 1)
Let’s Work with Words!
“Woman suffrage is inevitable.” (paragraph 1)
Let’s complete the vocabulary log for “suffrage” together.
Copy the following terms into your vocabulary log:
Inevitable
Unenfranchised
Complete your vocabulary log independently.

15. Rhetorical Transitions
According to Melvin Mencher in `News Reporting And Writing’: “Transitions are used after the reporter has planned his piece by blocking out the major sections. Transitions link these blocks as well as the smaller units, the sentences. Transitions are the mortar that holds the story together so that the story is a single unit.”
Mencher identifies four major types of transitions.
Pronouns (refer to nouns in previous sentences)
Key words and ideas (repeat words and ideas in preceding sentences and paragraphs)
Transitional expressions (connecting words)
Parallel structure (repetition of the sentence pattern)

16. Let’s Read! (noting Transitions)
Read along with me as I read the text aloud.
Mark words or phrases that signal how the author is organizing her ideas in brackets [].

17. Let’s Express Our Understanding!
Respond to the following reflection question in your RRJ:
How does the author’s use of these organizational words or phrases contribute to your understanding of the text?

18. In Closing…
In this lesson, you analyzed the organizational structure of a text.
You also practiced using context to determine word meaning.