American Literature and Rhetoric
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Summary
Description
Guided Tour of American Literature & Rhetoric
1 Rhetorical Analysis
ACTIVITY Recognizing Civil Discourse
The Rhetorical Situation
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
Occasion, Context, and Purpose
ACTIVITY Defining a Rhetorical Situation
The Rhetorical Triangle
ACTIVITY Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation
Billie Jean King, Serena Is Still Treated Differently Than Male Athletes
Rhetorical Appeals
Ethos
Building Ethos
J. D. Vance, from Hillbilly Elegy
ACTIVITY Building Ethos
Logos
Conceding and Refuting
ACTIVITY Analyzing Logos and Counterargument
Jia Tolentino, from What It Takes to Put Away Your Phone
Pathos
Making Balanced Appeals
Richard Nixon, from The Checkers Speech
ACTIVITY Analyzing Pathos
Diana Abu-Jaber, from On Recognition and Nation
Combining Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Helen Keller, Letter to Mark Twain, 1906
ACTIVITY Combining Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Analyzing Visual Texts | Identifying Rhetorical Appeals
Tom Toles, Rosa Parks (cartoon)
ACTIVITY Identifying Rhetorical Appeals in a Visual Text
Nate Beeler, Government Is Watching (cartoon)
Analyzing Rhetoric and Style
Diction
Figurative Language
ACTIVITY Analyzing Diction
John Muir, from Save the Redwoods
Syntax
ACTIVITY Analyzing Syntax
John F. Kennedy, from Inaugural Address
Tone
ACTIVITY Analyzing Tone
Analyzing Visual Texts | Analyzing Visual Rhetoric
Dodge Durango (advertisement)
ACTIVITY Close Reading a Visual Text
KFC Hot and Spicy Chicken (advertisement)
From Reading to Writing: Crafting a Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Shirley Chisholm, from People and Peace, Not Profits and War
Preparing to Write: Annotating Nonfiction
ACTIVITY Annotating an Excerpt
Developing a Thesis Statement
Supporting Your Thesis
ACTIVITY Organizing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Writing Topic Sentences
ACTIVITY Writing Topic Sentences
Using Quotations as Evidence
Documenting Sources
ACTIVITY Writing a Body Paragraph
Revising a Rhetorical Analysis Essay
ACTIVITY Revising a Paragraph
Analyzing a Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Joseph Barrett, "People and Peace, Not Profits and War"
ACTIVITY Providing Peer Feedback for Revision
CULMINATING ACTIVITY Crafting a Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Order of the Day
2 Evidence-Based Arguments
What Is Argument?
Understanding Claims
ACTIVITY Identifying Arguable Claims
Types of Claims
Claims of Fact
ACTIVITY Making Claims of Fact
Claims of Value
ACTIVITY Making Claims of Value
Claims of Policy
ACTIVITY Making Claims of Policy
Understanding and Analyzing Evidence
Types of Evidence
Personal Experience
Anecdotes
ACTIVITY Using Personal Experience and Anecdotes as Evidence
Current Events
Historical Information
ACTIVITY Using Current Events and Historical Information as Evidence
Expert Opinion
Quantitative Evidence
ACTIVITY Analyzing Evidence
Florence Kelley, Speech on Child Labor
Logical Reasoning and Organization: Shaping an Argument
Induction
Deduction
ACTIVITY Using Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Logical Fallacies
Red Herrings and Ad Hominem Fallacies
Faulty Analogies
Straw Man Fallacies
Either/Or Fallacies
Hasty Generalization
Circular Reasoning
Post Hoc Fallacies
Appeal to False Authority
Bandwagon Appeal
ACTIVITY Identifying Logical Fallacies
Analyzing Visual Texts | Identifying Fallacies in Visual Texts
PETA, Feeding Kids Meat Is Child Abuse (advertisement)
Heap Analytics, Same Data, Different Y-Axis (graphs)
ACTIVITY Identifying Fallacies in Visual Texts
Omega Watch, George Clooney''s Choice (advertisement)
U.S. Department of Education, High School Graduation Rate (graph)
Patterns of Development
Narration
Judith Ortiz Cofer, from The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria
Description
Theodore Dreiser, from A Certain Oil Refinery
Process Analysis
E. B. White, from Farewell, My Lovely!
Exemplification
Sarah Grimké, from Letter on the Equality of the Sexes
Comparison and Contrast
Eleanor Roosevelt, from Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do
Definition
Barack Obama, from 2004Democratic National Convention Speech
Cause and Effect
Robert F. Kennedy, from The Mindless Menace of Violence
ACTIVITY Analyzing Patterns of Development
Working with Sources to Build an Argument
Approaching Sources
ACTIVITY Approaching Sources
Examining Sources
ACTIVITY Examining Sources
Synthesizing Sources
From Reading to Writing: Crafting an Evidence-Based Essay
Conversation: Has Technology Changed the Way We Think?
Jacqueline Howard, This Is How the Internet Is Rewiring Your Brain
ACTIVITY Summarizing a Source
Americans'' Cell Phone Use during Social Activity (graph)
ACTIVITY Analyzing Quantitative Evidence
Nicholas Carr, The Illusion of Knowledge
ACTIVITY The "Yes, But" Game: Conceding and Refuting
Sherry Turkle, from Stop Googling. Let''s Talk.
ACTIVITY Comparing and Contrasting Sources
Alison Gopnik, Is "Screen Time" Dangerous for Children?
ACTIVITY Playing the Believing Game
Osmani Simanca, Technology Shackle (cartoon)
ACTIVITY Using Visual Texts as Evidence
Preparing to Write: Identifying Key Issues
ACTIVITY Formulating Your Position
Developing a Thesis Statement
Supporting Your Thesis
Introducing Your Argument
Acknowledging the Counterargument
Supporting Your Argument with Evidence
Citing Sources
ACTIVITY: Writing a Body Paragraph
Revising an Evidence-Based Argument Essay
ACTIVITY Revising a Paragraph
Analyzing a Sample Evidence-Based Argument Essay
Christopher Rowley, "Has Technology Changed the Way We Think?"
ACTIVITY Providing Peer Feedback for Revision
CULMINATING ACTIVITY Crafting an Evidence-Based Argument Essay Conversation| The First Amendment: How Free Is Free Speech?
- Thane Rosenbaum, Should Neo-Nazis Be Allowed Free Speech?
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