Day 20- Understanding Rhetorical Situations

Class Today:

1. Rhetorical devices- Understanding Rhetorical Situations

Rhetorical Thinking important for your writing/reading/listening/critical thinking in English and your native language. This is one of the most important skills I learned in undergraduate school! 
For this unit we will prepare a 3-4 page essay analyzing rhetorical situations. This will help prepare you for ESL 112.

• Warm up: First, lets look at these three different forms of communication by me. One, two, three

• How are these different?
• List as many forms of communication you can. List in groups on the board.
• The type of communication we do in class depends on the rhetorical situation
• Let's look at this powerpoint
• Now, get into groups and pick three kinds of rhetorical situations you wrote on the board and analyze them with this worksheet.

Homework:

1. Your diagnostic revision is due Friday, March 21st at NOON (not midnight) on Compass. I changed the date, again. If you earned a ✓- on any assignment, PLEASE come to my office hours. This could be the difference between earning a C or a B. 
2. Annotate the article we read in class. Please PRINT OUT your annotation and bring it to class for credit. 

Next Class: Identifying Persuasive Strategies