Introduction to Rhetorical Concepts (ppt will be available in BB under Course Documents for reference)

Writer's Biography - Persuasion
Question: Think of a time when you used writing to persuade your audience to do something. What were your strategies? Use your understandings of the terms ethos, pathos, and logos to discuss.

In-class Analysis using Analysis Sheet (note: this is the chart we will be using throughout the class)

Read Aristotle Book 1

Review syllabus. Send an email with the subject line 325 syllabus that contains either 1 question or 1 statement that says that
you understand the syllabus contents. This email will serve as confirmation that you will agree to the syllabus for the course. This is required.

You will also want to review the calendar and choose a day that has a topic you are interested in to sign up for during next class.

Topic: Aristotle - The Topics and 3 Types of Rhetoric

Introduction to Rhetorical Terminology Chart (We will fill this out as a class)

W.O. 1 - Start by choosing a passage you didn't understand.

1. Write down the page number and paraphrase in your own words.
2. Freewrite for 8-10 minutes on what you think it means and how it is relevant to the text.
3. Get together in groups of 4 and discuss each passage you identififed. Work on coming to on agreement on its meaning, even if you agre you don't know.
4. Present your findings to the class.

Read Aristotle Book 2

Rough Draft of Paper 1 for Peer Review

(please review the description)

Topic: Aristotle - Persuasion

enthymeme and syllogism

W.O. 2 - Start by choosing a passage you didn't understand.

1. Write down the page number and paraphrase in your own words.
2. Freewrite for 8-10 minutes on what you think it means and how it is relevant to the text.
3. Get together in groups of 4 and discuss each passage you identififed. Work on coming to on agreement on its meaning, even if you agre you don't know.
4. Present your findings to the class.

Peer Review Paper 1 - You will also want to bring the document you are analyzing to help with the peer review.

Read Aristotle Book 3

Analysis Paper 1 Due Next Class

See the directions for using the Digital Dropbox
in Blackboard.

Analysis Paper 1 Due

Topic: Aristotle - Style and Arrangement

W.O.3

For the piece of writing that you and your teammate have, find 2 different stylistic devices being used from Book 3. Write down the passage, discuss why you think it works as an example, and then talk about how it fits in the overall genre.

Read Plato's Phaedrus (bb)

Topic: Phaedrus

W.O. 4

Choose 1 example of a rhetorical term and 1 theoretical
discussion of a rhetorical term. Give the passage (you can paraphrase it). Discuss what you think it means or if you
had trouble with it.

Discussion Leaders:

1. Jenna M.

2. Eva S.

Read Kinneavy 1 (bb) and Lemonick (bb)

Rough Draft of Paper 2 for Peer Review

Topic: Rhetoric of Science

W.O. 5 - Start by choosing a passage you didn't understand.

1. Write down the page number and paraphrase in your own words.
2. Freewrite for 8-10 minutes on what you think it means and how it is relevant to the text.
3. Get together in groups of 4 and discuss each passage you identififed. Work on coming to on agreement on its meaning, even if you agre you don't know.
4. Present your findings to the class during the discussion of the chart.

Discussion Leaders:

1. Ryan M.

2. Mary M.

Peer Review of Paper 2

Read Burke (bb) and Gould (bb) and
James Baldwins "If Black English isn't a Language"

Analysis Paper 2 due next class

Analysis Paper 2 due

Topic: Rhetoric and Race

W.0.6
How do you see terministic screens at work in the IQ studies that Gould reports on in his history? What types of determinations about reality did they lead to?

Discussion Leaders:

1. Jahb P.

2. Amanda C.

3. Eden T.

Read Fausto-Sterling (bb) and Kinneavy 2 (bb)

Revisions for Paper 1 due (See the resources page for instructions.)

W.O. 7

Look over the Fausto-Sterling reading briefly. How do you see notions of kairos - timing and appropriateness - affecting the discussion on what defines a gender or sex in the history or the various discourse communities (biologists, feminists, Loveweb members) she examines?

Topic: Rhetoric and Gender

Discussion Leaders:

1. Corina N.

2. Shamika L.

Read Berhardt (bb) and Lebert (bb)

Rough Draft of Paper 3 for Peer Review

MEET IN BAL 316

Topic: Digital Rhetoric

W.O. 8

Briefly review the Lebert piece. Describe in a few sentence Amnesty International's rhetorical purpose and how computer technology is challenging it. Be certain to use rhetorical concepts like the pisteis, kairos, etc.

Discussion Leaders:

1. Sarah H .

2. Parker B.

3. Shanna H.

Link for discussion:
http://itsmejen.diaryland.com/030628_80.html

Peer Review of Paper 3

Analysis Paper 3 Due Next Class

Read Hill and Helmers (bb) and Wysocki (bb)

MEET IN BAL 316

W.O. 9

Download and review the CNN ad. Using some of the terminology from the discussion about Ball's work, describe how you see visuals in the ad creating ethos, pathos, and logos appeals.

Revisions for Paper 2 due (See the resources page for instructions.)

Analysis Paper 3 Due

Topic: Visual Rhetoric

Discussion Leaders:

1. Sarah C.

2. Mary W.

3. Emily C.

In-class final

You'll be responsible for all readings EXCEPT Lemonick and Gould