1. AH Eng II

2. Bellringer Remember these concise examples?
Consider the topics we discussed at the start of the unit.
Should student athletes be required to take a drug test?
Do violent video games lead to violent behavior?
Should students be required to take a cumulative graduation exam in order to receive a diploma?
Etc.…
State your claim. (I believe that…..). Use 2 rhetorical devices we have studied so far. Ensure that your claim and reasoning clearly depicts Ethos, Pathos or Logos.

3. Mix-Pair-Share Partner A share with Partner B
Partner B share with Partner A

4. EQ’s & Objectives
EQ27 Can I write an argument using valid reasoning and evidence? W.9/10.2 EQ28 Can I create organization in an argument using specific claims & rebuttals? EQ29 Can I anticipate opposing viewpoints while developing claims with evidence?

5. Objectives – In order to address the EQ’s, we must understand the following:
Analyze the use of Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Understand the purpose and use of top 10 rhetorical devices in speeches
Identify and analyze the use of maxims and tricolons
Understand the difference among analogies, metaphors, and similes

6. Agenda Plan: PowerPoint Video Clips Rally Coach Practice Exit Slip
REMINDER: Word Wall words were issued. Quiz is Tuesday and vocab cartoons will be due then.

7. Connotation vs. Denotation
• Connotation and denotation both refer to how people interpret word meanings. • Connotation derives from the verb connote, which means to suggest meaning. • Denotation derives from the verb denote, which means to designate meaning.

8. Connotation
Connotation refers to a word’s secondary meaning as determinedby group or society.
• This secondary meaning may not appear in a dictionary.
• Connotative meanings usually result from emotional associations. Example: Home may connotatively refer to a place where a person feels most safe, rather than a structure where one lives.
I feel most at home in Ireland, the land of my ancestors.

9. Denotation
Denotation refers to a word’s meaning as defined in a dictionary.
• A denotative meaning is the generally accepted academic meaning of a word.
Example: Home denotatively means a place where a person resides. In recent months, home prices continued to increase.

10. Examples Word: Monkey– Connotative:
Stop monkeying around!
• Connotatively, monkey refers to messing around.
Denotative: Monkeys are my favorite part of the zoo.
• Denotatively, monkey refers to a primate.
• Word: Blue– Connotative: I’m feeling very blue today.
• Connotatively, blue refers to feeling sad.
Denotative: I love the deep blues of the ocean.
• Denotatively, blue refers to a primary color.

11. Remember
• Here’s a trick to remember the difference between connotation and denotation: • Denotation is the Dictionary’s meaning.

12. Exit Slip
Pick a word that has a different connotative meaning then the denotative meaning it is assigned.
1. Write the word.
2. Write the denotative definition and the connotative definition.
3. Use it in a sentence with its connotative meaning.
Example: 1. blue 2. a color; a sad feeling 3. I feel blue today.

13. Go online to find an EXAMPLE
Go online to find an EXAMPLE of EACH rhetoric strategy listed in this Power Point.
Find as many rhetoric devices in a given text and label them. (We will do this often. Also be prepared to see short passages on tests and be asked to identify the rhetorical devices used.)
Can you list
OTHER
rhetorical devices?