In today's class, we were looking at how appeals and rhetorical devices are used in an argument. For our model argument, we watched President Obama's appearance on The Colbert Report, where President Obama took over Colbert's segment "The Word," renaming it "The Decree" and presented an argument on the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). Everyone used the topic statement analysis sheet to take notes on and analyze this argument since it follows the structure of a topic statement in a debate. Check out the segment and note sheet below:
Topic Statement Analysis
Homework:
If you did not do so in class, finish your notes and responses to questions on the topic statement analysis for Obama's presentation of "The Decree" today.
Continue finding resources (6 or more) for your formal debate topic and creating notecards (20 or more).
Useful Resources:
Revisions:
Why Should Someone Read Your Poem (POL Prompt) (see class site post on 11/21)
Unpacking Your Poem (see class site post on 11/07)
