Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Thursday & Friday - October 11 & 12 - Malcolm X - Ballot or the Bullet

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze persuasive speech in order to distinguish between rhetorical devices and determine their effectiveness. 


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Write the definitions below into notebooks:

TONE  = the author's attitude toward the subject on which he/she is speaking or writing about

When you are reading, look for LOADED WORDS that may reveal BIAS in order to determine tone.


Loaded words and phrases are emotional and involve strongly positive or negative reactions beyond their literal meaning.


Direct Instruction


CONNOTATIONS - worksheet ( connotations will help you infer the TONE of a speech or passage).


Review of elements of a PERSUASIVE SPEECH:


There are three types of appeals:

1. Logical or logos
2 Emotional or Pathos
3 Ethical or Ethos

Speakers use other techniques to set the tone and emphasize certain points. these techniques usually support the EMOTIONAL type of appeal.


1. Parallelism

2. Rhetorical Questions
3. Repetition
4. Loaded Words (have connotations)

ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS JEOPARDY


CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE PROMPTS AND USE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO ANSWER IT THOROUGHLY.

1.

Malcolm X uses ethos, pathos and logos in his speech, the Ballot or the Bullet. Analyze ONE of these three appeals and explain how it supports his argument. Use textual evidence to support your answer.

2. 
Identify and Analyze the LOADED WORDS that Malcolm X uses in order to create tone. Use textual evidence to support your answr.


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