Bell Ringer 5/22 Please get out your Patrick Henry Activity and

your textbook so that we can go over section 1 for participation points.

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Bell Ringer 5/22 Please get out your Patrick Henry activity and

your text book (pg. 187) so that we can begin reading “The Speech in the Virginia Convention.”

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Bell Ringer 5/22 Please get out a piece of notebook paper and

your Patrick Henry Notes & Activity (you will need the vocabulary definitions). What are the three types of persuasive appeal?

How does each type work?

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Bell Ringer 5/22 Please get out your Patrick Henry Notes &

Activity and sit with your partners from yesterday. You have 10 minutes to finish section 1. “The Speech in the Virginia Convention” is on pg.

187 in your textbook.

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Bell Ringer 5/22 Please get out your Declaration of

Independence Activity so that we can go over section 1 for participation points.

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English III EQ: How did Jefferson and Paine use structure and

tone to enhance their arguments and persuade their particular audiences?

Agenda Bell Ringer/Discussion Agenda/EQ Reading The Declaration of Independence

Notes & Activity Crash Course #2

Reading “The Crisis, Number 1” Comparing/Contrasting Persuasive Writing MLK Activity

Comp/Cont Persuasive Writing Create a 3 column graphic organizer.

Label the columns The Declaration, Similarities, and The Crisis

Analyze these topics: Audience, Purpose, Tone, Structure, Evidence

List the similarities in the center column and the differences under the specific piece of writing to which it belongs.

Reading “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” Identify and explain the following on a sheet

of composition paper: King’s Audience King’s Purpose/Claim King’s Premise King’s Evidence King’s Tone

Label a bullet point for each item and write in complete sentences.

English III

EQ: How do Henry and Franklin use persuasive appeals and rhetorical devices to persuade effectively while anticipating the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases?

Agenda Bell Ringer/Discussion Agenda/EQ Persuasive Speech Vocab Notes Commercial Example – Free Credit Report Reading Patrick Henry’s Bio (pg. 184) Reading Henry’s “Speech in the VA Convention”

Analysis Activity Reading Benjamin Franklin’s Bio (pg. 184)

Crash Course: The Constitution Reading Franklin’s “Speech in the Convention”

Analysis Activity

Persuasive Speech Vocab Persuasive Appeals

Emotional Appeal (Pathos) – an appeal to emotion Logical Appeal (Logos) – an appeal to logic or

reason Ethical Appeal (Ethos) – an appeal to credibility or

character, sometimes based on expertise

Persuasive Speech Vocab Rhetorical Devices

Restatement: repeating an idea in a variety of ways

Repetition: restating an idea using the same words Parallelism: repeating grammatical structures

(often appears in a list) Rhetorical question: asking a question whose

answer is self-evident

Persuasive Speech Vocab Bias = prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or

group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Analyzing Commercial Example Get into a group of 3.

You need 1 piece of composition paper for your group.

Watch the Free Credit Report Commercial and answer the question.

1. Who is the target audience?2. What rhetorical devices are used? How do

they make the commercial more effective?3. What persuasive appeals are used? How are

these appeals targeted at a particular audience?

Write in full sentences and be specific.