Monday, November 18, Introduction to Persuasion

Objective: By the end of class students will cite strong and thorough textual evidence in order to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences and conclusions based on the author's explicit assumptions and beliefs on a subject.

CC 1.2.9-10.B / L.N 2.1.1 / L.N.2.1.2

DO NOW

Write down in notebooks:

PERSUASIVE TACTICS:

A. LOGICAL APPEALS (LOGOS) - focus on the facts. Repetition is often used to emphasize a fact.

B. EMOTIONAL APPEALS (PATHOS) -  develop empathy which means make the person you are trying to convince feel sorry for you or want to support you emotionally. Repetition is also used to emphasize an emotion.

C. ETHICAL APPEAL (ETHOS) - how credible is the person? This means is the person have a good understanding of the topic on which they are speaking? Should you believe them because they are knowledgable and trustworthy?

Direct Instruction

The speeches we are going to analyze are PERSUASIVE  which means the speaker is trying to convince the listener of something.
It is AN ARGUMENT that has a CALL to ACTION.

appeals (you should already have these written in your notes)

Situation 1:

You want to go to a party but you need to convince your mother to let you go because she does not think it will be safe.

Convince her by providing an:

1 - emotional appeal (pathos) - make her feel bad for you

2 - logical appeal (facts - logos) - give her facts of why you should be allowed to go

3 -  ethical appeal (ethos) - why should she trust you?

Situation # 2: 

The 10th grade should have their own prom.

1. Who should you address in order to get this (who is your audience?)

2. What would you say if you were trying to persuade by using logic (logos)?

3. What would you say if you were trying to persuade using an emotional appeal (pathos) ?

4. What would you say if you were using an ethical appeal (ethos)?

Situation #3:

You want to convince your parents to get you a new IPhone.

Use one logical, one ethical and one emotional appeal and write it in prose form to persuade them to purchase it for you.


Parallelism

Independent

Listen to and then read the Chief Joseph Speech and circle all of the words that are repeated over and over (used for emphasis). Also note any emotional appeals ( feel sympathy for )  and/or logical appeals (facts).

Chief Joseph speech

Answer the multiple choice questions

Check for understanding


Individual student checks during independent work