1. 10th Grade English Thursday 17 Oct. 2013
AGENDA:
Journal on Rhetorical Strategies
Mini-lesson on IDing Rhetorical Strategies
ID Rhetorical Strategies in Brutus’s Speech
Vocabulary Charades
HOMEWORK:
STUDY ACT III VOCABULARY FOR 20 MINUTES TONIGHT.
Act III Comprehension and Vocab Test on Tuesday, 10/22

2. Learning Targets
I can list at least 3 strategies for ethos, 3 strategies for pathos, and 3 strategies for logos.
I can identify a moment in Brutus’s speech where he appeals to ethos, appeals to pathos, or appeals to logos.
I can explain why the set of lines demonstrates an appeal to ethos, pathos, and/or logos.
I can identify other rhetorical strategies in Brutus’s speech, and explain what effect they have on the crowd.

3. Journals Please put today’s date on the first line: 17 Oct. 2013
Label this Journal: “Strategies for Ethos, Pathos and Logos”

4. LOGOS: Definition Logos An appeal to logic and reason Example:
School uniforms should be required because it would then be easier for staff to recognize intruders.

5. LOGOS Strategies Evidence Organization Examples and illustrations
Facts, statistics
Precedents, laws
Organization
Process
Comparison/contrast
Division/classification
Cause/effect
Definition, description

6. PATHOS: Definition Pathos An appeal to emotional reaction Example:
School uniforms should be required because it alleviates students’ fear of looking different and being picked on because of their clothes.
Suzy Jo McGuillicutty retells the story of when she was made fun of and beaten up because she wore the same blouse two days in a row. Sobbing, she conjures up painful memories of not fitting in.

7. PATHOS Strategies Inspiring feeling/empathy/sympathy
Anger, pride, guilt, love, shame, hope, etc.
Awareness of opposition
Awareness of audience's cultural and emotional background
Race, age, sex, physical characteristics, habits
Economic or educational level
Religious or political affiliation
Ethnicity, country of birth, citizenship, location
Awareness of audience concerns
Needs, values, beliefs of groups audience belongs to

8. ETHOS: Definition Ethos An appeal based on your own credibility.
Example:
In my own observations as a student teacher in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, NV, I discovered that on “uniform days,” behavior referrals decreased to nearly none, whereas on “dress free days”, referrals spiked to as much as ten times as many.

9. ETHOS Strategies Credibility (common sense) Character (virtue)
Familiarity with subject
Awareness of broad perspective
Character (virtue)
Respect others' values
Value welfare of others
Show integrity, trustworthiness, open-mindedness
Confidence (good will)
Show self-understanding
Understand audience’s needs
Treat audience as equal

10. Evaluate Brutus’s funeral speech
Which methods of persuasion does he use?
Logos, pathos, ethos?
Why?
Within these methods, what rhetorical/literary devices are used to support his argument?
Verbal Irony: speaker says one thing but means the exact opposite
Rhetorical Questions: a question asked to produce an effect, not to elicit a response
Connotation: an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning ( if needed)
Repetition: repeating a word or phrase to produce an effect