10.02 - Pathos Practice

In the first half of class today, we looked at an editorial article in which a person explained their fear of whales (cetaphobia). In reading the piece, everyone annotated the article identifying the author's use of pathos. We then discussed the various uses of pathos together as a class. 

Since use of pathos was not especially strong, everyone took several minutes to help the author out by using pathos to write a supplemental paragraph explaining cetaphobia. Several people then read these and after a voting process the person with the paragraph which used pathos most effectively won some candy.

Everyone then had the last twenty minutes of the period to continue with the revisions to their annotations and analysis on their selected speeches for ethos, logos, and rhetorical devices.

Guidelines for annotations are that they should achieve the following aims:

1 - Identify relevant information in the text (underlining, highlighting, or bracketing information)
2 - Label the approach to the appeal or the rhetorical device that is being used.
3 - Describe how the appeal or rhetorical device is being used by the speaker to make a point.

For additional information on annotations, see Monday's post.

For additional information on analysis and how to use quotes in your analysis, seeyesterday's post.

Homework:

Continue to work on the formal analysis of your selected speeches for ethos, logos, and rhetorical devices.

Remember to complete annotation revisions before revisiting your analysis (annotations are the foundation of a strong analysis).