Friday, February 26, 2010

Silent Reading, 20 min

Persuasive Techniques
  • logos-persuasion through logic. Facts, statistics, reasons.
  • pathos-persuasion through emotion. Appealing to the audience's feelings.
  • ethos-persuasion through ethics. Centers on reliability/credibility of persuader.
  • With a partner: create a short dialogue (30 seconds) that uses one of these three techniques of persuasion. Your dialogue should follow one of these scenarios:
  1. Child persuading parent they should have a later curfew.
  2. Student persuading teacher they should be allowed to turn in homework late.
  3. Employee persuading boss they deserve a raise.
  • Perform this dialogue for the class.
Thomas Jefferson, excerpt from The Autobiography, "The Declaration of Independence," p. 100.
  • Read the selection.
  • Outline basic three-part structure; what is Jefferson's purpose in each section?
  • Identify list of 27 Abuses and Usurpations. Put #1-5 in your own words.
  • Keep this sheet--will be finished on Monday.

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