1. Politics and Rhetoric How did the essay go? How did the letter go? Plans for this unit include: Analyzing political speeches to determine what the candidates are saying and how their messages change Creating your own speech and presenting it in LD debate format Introductions and conclusions for speeches

2. Take out the persuasive packet handout from last class Review terms and experiences with rhetoric: media, personal life and family. Which was included in the Stalin speech? Get out spiral notebook. More terms and review

3. Rhetorical Devices and Examples SoundsStructureStructure II Emotion al Visual/Im agery AlliterationAnaphoraHyperboleRhetorical Question Allusion Emphasis Repetition ClimaxParadoxAppeal to: emotion authority logic Simile Cliche DictionExpletiveParallelismClaimsMetaphor Onomatopoei a AntithesisSynecdocheConnotationAnalogy ColloquialismFlashback/For eshadow Concrete/Abst ract Juxtaposition Juxtaposition Analogy Allusion (they’re all in this) Personificatio n

4. Styles of PropagandaPropaganda Bandwago n Name calling Lesser of two Evils Rewards Plain folksTestimonialSimplificati on Assertion Demonizin g the opposition Demonizin g the opposition what others? Fear Appeal to authority Glittering generalities Transfer Opposites Definitions Celebrity Spokesper son Euphemisi ms Card- stacking Music Video

5. Logical FallaciesLogical Fallacies: errors in reasoning 1 of 2 1 of 2  Ad hominem: attacking a person’s ideas by discrediting him as a person Ad hominem  Arguing from analogy: comparing only similarities among two things while ignoring the differences which would weaken the argument  Begging the question:This fallacy consists of assuming in a definition or in the premises of your argument the very point you are trying to prove. In other words, the claim itself is used to prove itself. Begging the question  Either or reasoning: Either you brush your teeth daily or your teeth will fall out!

6. Logical FallaciesLogical Fallacies: errors in reasoning 2 of 22 of 2  Non sequitur Non sequitur  Hasty generalization Hasty generalization  Oversimplification Oversimplification  Deductive fallacies and what else? Deductive fallacies  Straw man here is another example Straw manexample

7. Celebrity Endorsements Huckabee 1940s Devices haven’t changed, has the content?1940