Thursday, October 13

On a piece of paper, write what paper you’re re-visioning and your availability next Wednesday before 4 p.m. and after class next Thursday.

How do we get others to accept our point of view?

Aristotle’s Appeals Persuasive Appeals

Principles of Persuasion 1. logos 2. pathos 3. ethos Appeal to Reason Appeal to emotion Appeal to Good Character

LOGOS ETHOS PATHOS

Aristotle’s Appeals LOGOS PATHOS ETHOS Jay, Robert, Emily, Glenn, Kailey, Diana, Isaac Monica B., Joyce, Kevin, Jenn G., Amanda, and Kwesi Ritz, Jimmy, Veronica, Monica R., Chris, Jenn S., and Kelton

Appeal Presentations

ELECT A FEW speakers TO explain the appeal TO THE CLASS. ELECT A Notetaker TO WRITE KEY IDEAS ABOUT YOUR APPEAL ON THE WHITEBOARD. ELECT A FEW guides TO TAKE THE CLASS THROUGH THE EXAMPLES IN Eating Animals.

Appeals Presentations TAKE 10 MINUTES OR SO TO DISCUSS THE APPEAL WITH YOUR GROUP MEMBERS.

Thesis Statement IN Eating Animals, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER’S USE OF [ETHOS/PATHOS/LOGOS] IS [EFFECTIVE/UNCONVINCING], AS [REASON WHY].

WHILE HIS USE OF [APPEAL] IS EFFECTIVE/UNCONVINCING], JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER [EFFECTIVELY/UNCONVINCING LY] USES [APPEALS].

Read Kevin’s piece

Workshop 1. Does the post link to (or quote) what the writer read? 2. Does the writer analyze/synthesize what it says? 3. Does the writer have a clear goal or purpose in writing? 4. Does the subject have kairos, or exigency? 5. Does the writer anticipate a real audience?

Blog Comments To write connectively, you must join a conversation. To write connectively, you must hyperlink. To write connectively, you must cite your sources.

Homework: 1. READ Chapters 4 and 5 IN EA + 7 QUOTES IN DIALECTIC JOURNAL 2. BRING 4 copies of Revision ON TUES. 3. Blog post #2 DUE BY WEDNESDAY? 4. Comment ON 3 OF YOUR PEERS’ BLOGS. (NOTICE IF THEY’VE INVITED YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION.)

LOGOS APPEAL TO Reason

PATHOS APPEAL TO emotion

ETHOS APPEAL TO Good Character

APPEAL Examples

Q: A lot of young writers out there are jealous of you. How do you handle that? A: I've never met them. It's not an issue in my life. I don't think writers should be jealous of me. (“WHO IN THE WORLD IS JSF?” 2003).

Tuesday, October 11

Blog #1 Writing Reflection

Housekeepi ng BLOG QUESTIONS? WORKSHOP ON ILEARN? GROUP READING OF BLOG POST REVISION AND PORTFOLIO GRADES

Eating Animals

In other words, for what is Foer arguing? WHAT IS Foer’s purpose?

“OUR RESPONSE TO THE factory farm IS ULTIMATELY A TEST OF HOW WE RESPOND TO THE POWERLESS, TO THE MOST DISTANT, TO THE VOICELESS— IT IS A TEST OF HOW WE ACT WHEN NO ONE IS FORCING US TO ACT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. CONSISTENCY IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT engagement with the problem IS” (267).

Rhetoric Review

What is rhetoric? EFFECTIVELY USING LANGUAGE TO PERSUADE, INFORM, ENTERTAIN

What is the rhetorical situation? THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH YOU COMMUNICATE

What four elements are in every rhetorical situation?

AUTHOR AUDIENCE TEXT CONTEX T RHETORICAL SITUATION

AUTHOR AGE BELIEFS POLITICAL VIEWS LOCATION GENDER EXPERIENCE PARENTS PEERS EDUCATION

WHAT AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS DOES A WRITER NEED TO CONSIDER WHILE COMPOSING? AUDIENCE

PAST EXPERIENCE EDUCATION SOCIAL CLASS AGE CULTURE/SUBCULTURE EXPECTATIONS

TO WHOM IS Foer writing?

WHAT TEXTUAL CLUES REVEAL FOER’S RHETORICAL AUDIENCE?

“ONLY...THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE capable of being influenced by discourse AND OF BEING MEDIATORS OF CHANGE” (WHITE). RHETORICAL AUDIENCE

AUDIENCE PAST EXPERIENCE EDUCATION SOCIAL CLASS AGE CULTURE/SUBCULTURE EXPECTATIONS

“THE SPREAD OF PET- KEEPING AMONG THE urban middle classes IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA IS...A DEVELOPMENT OF GENUINE SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND INDEED COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE” (22).

“SIXTY-THREE PERCENT OF American households HAVE AT LEAST ONE PET...KEEPING COMPANION ANIMALS BECAME COMMON ONLY WITH THE RISE OF THE middle class AND URBANIZATION” (22).

“(Americans SPEND $34 BILLION ON THEIR COMPANION ANIMALS EVERY YEAR.)” (22).

WHAT OTHER TEXTUAL CLUES INDICATE THAT Foer is writing to the middle class?

Reading rhetorically

Rhetorical Analysis PROMPT

AUDIENCE Thesis “IN Eating Animals, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ADDRESSES A [TYPE OF AUDIENCE] BY/THROUGH/WITH...”

APPEALS PRESENTATIONS

HW for Thursday: 1. READ “Words/Meaning” + FOUR QUOTES IN DIALECTIC JOURNAL 2. APPEAL GROUP PRESENTATIONS *10 MINUTES TO TALK TO GROUP ON THURSDAY *10 MINUTE PRESENTATION OF APPEAL AND EXAMPLES 3. BLOG RESEARCH 4. COMMENT ON PEERS’ BLOGS