The Beginning of the American Dream

1. The Beginning of the American Dream

2. Rationalism • Rationalism– the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason, rather than by relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition. • a. k. a The Age of Reason • Mid-late 1700s • Countermovement to the Puritans’ unshakable faith. • REASON and LOGIC become more important than FAITH and RELIGION

3. Rationalism Literature: - Mostly devoted to politics, philosophy, ethics, and science • Persuasive essays and pamphlets • Songs • Speeches • Poems • Documents such as The Declaration ofIndependence— which bases its arguments on rationalist assumptions about the relations between people, God, and natural law.

4. Unit 1 Vocabulary • Now that you know…… • Argument • Claim • Support • Counterargument • Conclusion • Preamble • Declaration

5. Rhetoric • Definition: persuasive speech or writing that communicates its point persuasively • Three persuasive appeals in rhetoric: ethos, pathos and logos.

6. Ethos • Greek word for “character” • Definition: rhetoric that appeals to the credibility (character) of the speaker. • What makes up a person’s “character”? • Examples: P90X, Subway

7. Pathos • Greek word for “emotion” • Definition: Rhetoric that attempts to establish an emotional connection to the audience. • Most common emotions that are appealed to: • Sympathy • Anger • Warm fuzzy feelings • Nostalgia

8. Logos • Greek word for “logic” • Definition: Rhetoric that uses logical arguments to appeal to the audience. • Inductive and Deductive reasoning • Inductive Reasoning (candy ex) • Inductive reasoning: is based on observation. People using inductive reasoning find a pattern in a collection of specific observations and draw a general conclusion based on that pattern. • Deductive Reasoning (if, and, then) • Deductive reasoning is based on laws or general principles. People using deductive reasoning apply a general principle to a specific example.

9. 1. In groups of 2 find where ethos, pathos and logos are used in the Declaration of Independence. • 2. Find the claim, support, counterargument, conclusion, and one example of “logic” • 3. Explain how The Declaration of Independence uses either inductive or deductive reasoning.