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Thursday, September 11, 2014

09.11 - Pathos w/ President Bush

We started today's class by becoming more familiar with pathos. People used their pathos informational sheets to help them construct an argument in response to the following statement:

The pledge of allegiance should/should not be said each day in our schools.

Everyone had five minutes to create an argument using pathos. We then shared these responses and discussed how different arguments used pathos in different ways.

Next, we listened to and read a speech by former President Bush to identify his use of pathos and rhetorical devices (speech and accompanying documents below).



Handouts:

Pathos - information
Speech: "President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat"
Pathos reading response questions

Homework:

Re-read "President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat" and respond to reading questions 1 and 2.
(This is due Monday as we will not have class tomorrow due to the pep-rally).

Remember that ethos and logos reading response questions and annotated copies of the accompanying speeches are due for this weekend.