Rhetoric, POV and more

Rhetoric, Point of View and more...

Multiple Choice

What do you think Rhetoric means?

• how you speak

• how you persuade someone

• a pizza with red sauce

• how to ask a question

A Rhetorical (persuasive) appeal are...

• The different strategies you use to persuade someone.

• There are 3 main types of rhetorical devices: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos.

• Logos, an appeal to logic;

• Pathos, an appeal to emotion;

• Ethos, an appeal to ethics

Multiple Select

Which of these devices (choose all that apply) do you believe are used with Rhetorical Appeals (logos, pathos, ethos)?

• Statistics

• Declarative Statements

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Purpose

Review on the 3 Types of Point of View

1st Person Point of View: the narrator tells a story from their own perspective.

2nd Person Point of View: the narrator tells a story about you, the reader or viewer.

3rd Person Point of View: the narrator tells a story about other people.

Multiple Choice

Read the example below, do you believe this example of written text is in 1st person, 2nd person or 3rd person point of view?

"You’re the mother of two children, but now one of them is dead and the other is missing. Maybe she’s dead, too. You discover all of this when you come home from work one day. House empty, too empty, tiny little boy all bloody and bruised on the den floor."

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• 2nd person

Multiple Choice

Read the example below, do you believe this example of written text is in 1st person, 2nd person or 3rd person point of view?

"The Dursleys hadn’t even remembered that today happened to be Harry’s twelfth birthday. Of course, his hopes hadn’t been high; they’d never given him a real present, let alone a cake – but to ignore it completely…"

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• 1st person

Multiple Choice

Read the example below, do you believe this example of written text is in 1st person, 2nd person or 3rd person point of view?

"I saw the ‘Closed’ sign dangling from the shop window, but I could hear someone moving inside. I stood on tiptoes to look through the glass and saw a pair of eyes staring back at me."

• 3rd person

• 1st person

• 2nd person

Martin Luther King Jr.

In this new unit we will be analyzing personal narratives. We start first with MLK Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham City Jail".

Open Ended

What do you know about Martin Luther King Jr.?

Some Background on Martin Luther King Jr.

• "Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968."

• Had a doctorates degree in Theology.

• In 1955 helped organize the first major protest of the African American civil rights movement: the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott.

So, why did Martin Luther King Jr. write the "Open Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

-8 clergymen wrote a letter complaining about King and the movement of non-violent protests.

-They felt that people should "use the courts if rights were being denied".

- MLK's letter was written in response.

- He wrote it in jail after being arrested for non-violent protest.

- He wrote to persuade clergymen that protest was the only answer.

Open Ended

After we have read MLK's "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and after the discussion, what do you believe MLK's big picture purpose was for writing this letter? Write 2-5 sentences to explain your answer.