Journal-  Chapter 6.  What's important?

Analysis, Cont., with explication: 

"I have of late--but
wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all
custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily
with my disposition that this goodly frame, the
earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most
excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave
o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted
with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to
me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason!
how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how
express and admirable! in action how like an angel!
in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the
world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me,
what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not
me: no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling
you seem to say so."

Though he describes the sky as a “majestical roof” covered with “gold fire,” Hamlet explains that, really, it is no more than a “foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.”  This means that Hamlet is displeased with the world.  This can be concluded because……

 

 

MLA Works Cited workshop....  Using our articles, create one work cited entry.  Example, here. 

 

HW:  Complete Article Essay.

HW:  Read Chapter 7....Summarize and determine the 5 most important points,

Sample planning....

How do these articles use Emotion to persuade?  (Guiding Question)

In the three articles about the possibility of the United States invading Syria, emotion is utilized to persuade readers to agree with each author’s point.  (thesis)

TS,F,O,O,F,O,O,F,O,O,CS (paragraph plan)

1.       Intro + thesis as last sentence

2.       Article 1 (NY TIMES)

a.       Fact:  “The potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders, including the pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation, potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria’s borders.”

1.       In this quote, Putin attempts to employ pathos to convince his readers that the United States should refrain from striking Syria, despite their widespread use of chemical weapons on citizens, including women and children.  He begins by pointing out that “religious leaders, including the pope,” strongly oppose any US intervention.  Pointing out that the pope is against military action is a form of pathos, because many Americans view the pope in a positive light.  When one of the most famous religious leaders in the world condemns an American military response prior to its implementation, this might provide American citizens with a reason to pause, since they have positive feelings towards the pope and generally believe that he is on the side of what’s good and right.  What’s more, Putin makes sure to point out that escalation will result in “more innocent victims.”  This is, again, an attempt to use emotion to influence since there aren’t many Americans who will or can tolerate innocents being killed.

2.       explanation

b.      Fact

c.       Fact

3.       Article 2 (HUFF PO)

a.       Fact

b.      Fact

c.       Fact

4.       Article 3 (Breitbart)

Explication, Presentation, Homeworkation.

Journal 1:

Explication Practice

Some (very) brief notes about effective explication:

Good explication shows why you know what you say you know.

It refers back to the quote or fact you provided and helps readers understand how you reached the conclusion you stated.

It explains the logic you employed to create the meaning you create from the quote.

Your job is to persuade us to agree with you and understand the quote in the same way that you understand it:  we need to know how you figured out what it means.

Here is a pat way to organize explication:

1. Topic Sentence.

2. Quote to support topic.

3. What the quote means in terms of the topic.

4. How you know what the quote means and how you connect it to the topic.

Example, Non-literary:

1. There are many ways that someone can say you are dumb.

2. For Example, Vanessa called me a “bonehead.”

3. When she called me that name, she meant that I was dumb.

4. A bonehead implies that one’s head is made only of bone.  If one’s head is composed solely of bone, then that person must have no brains.  If that person has no brains, they must be dumb, so, through metaphor, a bonehead means a person is stupid because he has no brain.

Practice….Your turn, non-literary:

1.   There are many proverbs that warn people not to accuse or blame others.

2.   For example, many of us have heard the quote, “Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”

3.   This means that you shouldn’t point your finger at others unless you are perfect.

4.   This means this because:

Journal 2:  How would you describe the purpose in the three articles you read for HW?

Attendance-

Fallacy Presentations-

Summary-- Chapter 6.

Discussion...Articles and Chapter.    Groups and questions.

Important points.

Class time in the computer .ab.

Presentations... HW---

1.  No Journal- 

2.  Presentations... Commercial/Fallacy

3.  Turn in Work... (RA?)

4.  HW-  Be ready to discuss the rhetoric in:

This Article,

This Article,

and

This Article,

and

have finished reading Chapter 6 where students should summarize and identify 7 most important points for discussion and please create 3 questions for another.

1.  Journal-  What do you learn, think, figure out, when you read another's paper...

2.  Commercials...Or, Rhetorical Analysis....

3.  HW-  Read Chapter 6---  Summarize and identify 7 most important points for discussion and please create 3 questions for another classmate.

4.  HW-  Retun with your finished essay.

5.  HW-  Be ready for informal ad presentations and more formal prezis/? about logical fallacies.

Presentations.... Announcement....