1. Honors Day 6: Nonfiction
Finish Birmingham Jail
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
TM notetaking
Plato (Platonic) dialogue
KWL (Burke 191)
Outlining
Homework:
Aristotle reading

2. Rhetorical Analysis: “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Pick out King’s main idea. How does he support it?
Identify (mark in your text) at least three examples each of:
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
What is King’s bias?

3. Discussion
How effective are the different types of arguments in the essay?
Give examples from history to support the quote: “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” (176).

4. The traditional outline has three sections: introduction, body, and conclusion. The basic model looks like this:
Title
Introduction
The background
The thesis statement
Body
First major category of support
Supporting detail
Second major category of support
Third major category of support
Conclusion
Review of the major categories of support
The answer, solution, or final option

5. Alcohol Testing for Mass Transportation Employees
Example
Alcohol Testing for Mass Transportation Employees
Congress mandates testing for transportation employees
Background on why
Explanation of new policy
How and why alcohol testing is used
Circumstances for Alcohol Testing
Pre-employment
Post-accident
Reasonable suspicion
Random
Return to duty/follow-up testing
Method of Alcohol Testing
Blood
Urine
Breath
Performance
Options for Alcohol Abusers
Retesting
Treatment
Termination of employment
Conclusion