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Please take out your Independent Reading Book choice . Reader’s Workshop. IRB Project spans just over 3 cycles You will complete a reading log to be checked periodically Will end in individual BOOK INTERVIEWS. Chapter 8 ~ ALBD.
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Reader’s Workshop • IRB Project spans just over 3 cycles • You will complete a reading log to be checked periodically • Will end in individual BOOK INTERVIEWS
Chapter 8 ~ ALBD • The shipment of wood around which chapter eight centers is a kind of cyclical ritual. • Explain how this is presented as a never-ending cycle. • Who is Matthew Antoine and what do he and Grant discuss?
“Stepping Back From Capital Punishment” ~ NY Times • Read the article FIRST • Then, with your neighbor, try to figure out how the authors employ the Classical Argument Structure • Label the introduction, narration, confirmation, refutation, and conclusion
“Stepping Back From Capital Punishment” ~ NY Times • Do the authors effectively persuade you to agree with their point? • What could the authors have done to persuade you more (if you remain unmoved)? • How do the authors employ ethos, logos, and pathos?
Rhetorical Appeals • Ethos • Demonstrates author’s credibility/trustworthiness • Shared values, reputation, expertise, experience, sincerity, etc. • Logos • Uses logical reasoning • Clear ideas and organized support (stats, details, research) • Typically makes concessions to differing arguments • Pathos • Appeal to emotions • Reach the audience on a personal level (stories, fears, figurative language, humor, etc.)
Persuasive Essay Topic:Capital Punishment • Is it right to take a person’s life based on a crime that person committed? • You must take a side. • Your audience = someone with the opposing stance on the topic • You must do some research to back up your claim • 3 sources (outside of A Lesson Before Dying) • Draw from our study of classical argument and its strategies