The Declaration of Independence

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The Declaration of Independence
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Rhetorical Devices Worksheet

• On your own, quickly fill out the worksheet
  provided using page 227 as a guide.
• Keep this sheet in your notes. You will need to
  refer back to it several times as we read the
  next few pieces.

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Bell Work

• Write your own definition of the word Rebellion.
• What is the connotation of the word? Is it
  negative or positive?
• List some examples of how rebellion can be (or
  has been) a positive thing.

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Discuss

• Describe a time in which you stood up for
  something you believed in, even when others
  wouldnt.

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AP Standard

• Analyze and interpret samples of good writing,
  identifying and explaining an authors use of
  rhetorical strategies and techniques

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Unit Goal/Essay Question

• Using informational text from the unit, make a
  convincing argument for which text makes the most
  effective use of rhetoric.

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The Classical Argument

• Exordium draws in reader
• Narration provides background
• Partition defines parameter of the argument
  (make claim)
• Confirmation offers support (evidence/reasons)
• Refutation responds to opposing positions
• Peroration concludes, compelling people to
  think or act

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Classical Argument Example

• The WGA and AMTP are at odds over digital rights
  royalties.
• The WGA should be paid for new media broadcasts.
• 1988 was the last renegotiation for the WGA the
  DVD market was in its infancy and digital rights
  were unheard of.
• WGA members make 2 cents per DVD sold. They make
  0 cents from digital rebroadcasts.
• The studios will lose money, but they make
  billions and none will fold by a 2 cent increase
  in writers pay.
• Writers should be paid for digital media rights
  and paid more for DVD sales.

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On a sheet of paper, make two charts like this
Claim  
Support  
Counterarguments  
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• As you view two videos, fill in your charts with
  the claim, support, and counterargument as it is
  presented.
• Mystery Men
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vXFC2o44koIA
• The Lorax
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vDUvHO33iaxg

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Classical Argument chart

• Exordium
• Narration
• Partition
• Confirmation
• Refutation
• Peroration

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Independent Practice

• Get into Baseball groups
• A a group, read The Declaration of Independence
• Create another chart and write down the all the
  parts of a classical argument from Thomas
  Jeffersons declaration.

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Rhetoric

• Persuasive appeals ethos-the standing of the
  writer or speaker
• Pathosappeals to emotion
• Logos-appeals to reason-facts, logical statements
• Language analysis diction (word choice)-strong,
  vicious verbs, why present tense, negative
  diction
• Syntax(sentence structure like parallelism and
  repetition etc
• Images (allusion, imagery, simile, metaphor,
  personification etc)

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• Write an argumentative essay that includes all of
  the parts of a classical argument and at lease
  one of each of the following elements
• Persuasive appeals ethos-the standing of the
  writer or speaker
• Pathosappeals to emotion
• Logos-appeals to reason-facts, logical statements
• Language analysis diction (word choice)-strong,
  vicious verbs, why present tense, negative
  diction
• Syntax(sentence structure like parallelism and
  repetition etc
• Images (allusion, imagery, simile, metaphor,
  personification etc)