Monday, June 21, 2010

Sources of Persuasion: Letter From Birmingham Jail




Letter From Birmingham Jail:
Focus on a couple paragraphs and cite where you find appeals to ethos, logos and, pathos in your COMMENT. You can randomly pick a spot in King's letter and easily find all three appeals working somewhere in the vicinity.


http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html


Also, use this as a reference to identify the sources of persuasion:
http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/aris.html





Finally, consider how the sources of persuasion (ethos, logos, and pathos) are used (and not used) in your primary source for essay #1.



Left to Right: Plato and Aristotle
-Inaccurately attributed most the credit for forwarding rhetorical theories.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Welcome to English 308J, Summer Intersession I


The above picture demonstrates critical thinking because it represents the world from various perspectives. In your comment, briefly state what critical thinking means to you and give an example of how it is applied.

Also, free write a bit about possible topics for essays #1 and #2. Give at least two topics for each essay.