Lesson 2.1.3 The Chief's Call

The Chief's Call: Persuasion, Pathos, and Power

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November 13th

Multiple Choice

Which of the following rhetorical strategies is most effective in conveying key messages in a persuasive text?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Multiple Select

Which of the following can make a sentence unclear or hard to understand?

• Spelling errors

• Incomplete sentences

• Unclear communication

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Why was Jayson having trouble understanding his brother's message about the fishing weekend?

• Because the message was unclear and lacked details.

• Because Jayson did not want to go fishing.

• Because his brother was not replying.

• Because Jayson forgot his phone.

Poll

How many of you have read a text message or email several times and still couldn't make sense of it?

• Never

• More than once

• All the time

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the difference between active and passive voice as explained in the lesson?

• Active voice places the actor before the object, while passive voice places the object before the actor.

• Active voice uses more adjectives than passive voice.

• Passive voice is always used in poetry.

• Active voice is less clear than passive voice.

Multiple Select

Which sentences from the answer bank are examples of passive voice?

• The book was written by him.

• The cake was baked by Carole.

• The ball bounced high.

• He painted pictures with words.

Multiple Choice

What is the central idea of the passage from President Kennedy's "Race to Space" speech?

"No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense, if you will, the 50,000 years of man¹s recorded history in a time span of but a half a century. Stated in these terms, we know very little about the first 40 years, except at the end of them advanced man had learned to use the skins of animals to cover them. Then about 10 years ago, under this standard, man emerged from his caves to construct other kinds of shelter. Only five years ago man learned to write and use a cart with wheels. Christianity began less than two years ago. The printing press came this year, and then less than two months ago, during this whole 50-year span of human history, the steam engine provided a new source of power."

• Most of human history over the last 50,000 years is unknown because it is not recorded.

• Humans have achieved very little technological progress in the last 50 years compared to the last 50,000 years.

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  The pace of human technological innovation and discovery has accelerated dramatically in the last 50,000 years.

Using SOAPS for analysis

You have used the SOAPS strategy in previous lessons to help you analyze nonfiction texts. Review the steps in the SOAPS strategy before you apply it while reading Chavez's speech.

• Speaker: Who is sharing their ideas with the audience?

• Occasion: What prompted the author to write the text?

• Audience: Who is the intended audience for the text?

• Purpose: What is the author’s goal?

• Strategy: How is the author trying to convince the reader?

Multiple Choice

Which rhetorical strategy is described as appealing to an audience's logic or reasoning?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• SOAPS

Multiple Choice

Which rhetorical strategy focuses on appealing to emotions to persuade an audience?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Active voice

Multiple Choice

What event led to the reduction of Nez Perce land from 7.5 million acres to about 750,000 acres?

• Discovery of gold and a new treaty in 1863

• Chief Joseph's speech in Washington

• The signing of the first treaty in 1855

• The move to Oklahoma

Chief Joseph was a powerful leader. He tried to keep his people safe and do what was best for them. To advocate for them, he spoke with leaders of the United States and made speeches to persuade the government to honor the original treaties.

He was successful in conveying his message because he consistently kept his speech focused on a central or main idea. Keep going to review what central idea is.

Multiple Choice

Which element of the SOAPS strategy asks about the author's goal in writing the text?

• Speaker

• Occasion

• Purpose

• Strategy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following details provides the best example of Chief Joseph's appeal to ethos from his speech, "Words Do Not Pay"?

• All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief.

• Let me be a free man—free to travel, free to stop, free to work . . .

• There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences are written in active voice?

• His powerful speech advocated for peace and understanding on both sides.

• 
  The speech was powerful and advocated for peace and understanding by Chief Joseph.

Multiple Choice

In his speech, Chief Joseph argues that the United States should support the right of the Nez Perce to return to their homeland. Which detail best supports that central idea?

• They do not pay for my country, now overrun by white men.

• You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.

• Good words will not get my people a home where they can live in peace and take care of themselves.

  
  

Poll

How are you feeling about the rhetorical appeals..ethos, logos, pathos?

• Great! I understand it very well.

• Ah. I think I understand but I need more practice!

• Lost. I still don't know the difference between them.

Poll

How are you feeling about active and passive voice?

• Great! I understand it very well.

• Ah. I think I understand but I need more practice!

• Lost. I still don't know the difference between them.