First and fifth hour showed off their rhetorical analysis ethos today by presentations ranging from nerds, Abigail Adams, Ground Zero, the mighty Mississippi, Silent Spring, Chief Seattle, and cowboy culture (looks like we'll have to wait for Mr. Adams and his reply). Thus far, we have heard some pathos-building, historical context-creating hooks to set up the author's text and overall purpose. We have heard hypohora, anaphora, diction and tone shifts, paradoxes, enumeration, and other strategies combining to create that overall "why" the author argues, describes, exemplifies, or delineates. Overall, we have had a range of 4-8, and those 8 scores stem from the thorough and mature expression of the what and the why.
We will be finishing up the presentations tomorrow, and you will have your vocab quiz following our work. If time permits, we will go over tips for timed cold read prompts - which will be led by you and your past experiences/theories. If any time remains, we will play cards.
Don't forget that Thursday will be our timed cold read diagnostic. It will be bell to bell, as it was last time. However, at the 40 minute mark, I will have you draw a line to show your progress. After these last few weeks, you should feel much more confident in the rhetorical analysis arena.
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