Weekly Agenda: September 26-29

Tuesday, September 27
Vocabulary returned
Debrief rhetorical appeal and stasis theory activities from last week
Example analysis: EAA Ch. 5 handout, pp.123-128
Partner Work: Analyze an op-ed together (choose from the group’s collection)
Independent Work: Analyze a remaining op-ed independently – then trade with partner for the weekend
HW: Complete independent rhetorical analysis; review for vocabulary quiz

Thursday, September 29
Vocabulary Quiz
In-class rhetorical analysis practice (30 minutes): Analyze your partner’s op-ed piece AND his/her rhetorical analysis of it?
- What did he/she do well?
- What aspects of the article’s argument or approach did he/she miss?
- Return the annotated article and analysis, and a 2-3 paragraph critique, on Wednesday. Consider the questions on EAA p.105
Read “The Ways We Lie” (PFCW, pp. 485-492).
- Partner Work: Answer Comp. #3&4, Purp. and Aud. #2; and Style & Structure #1
- argument – agree or disagree?
- audience & context?
- types of appeals?
HW: Complete op-ed rhetorical analysis evaluation; Read “On the Internet, There’s No Place to Hide” (pp. 495-498) and answer questions Comp #1 & 5; P & A # 1 & 3; S&S # 4 & 5