Persuasion

We are back to rhetoric and Aristotle. Remember I said there were a lot of rhetorical terms? See here: http://rhetoric.byu.edu/

But in order to discuss persuasion, Aristotle narrowed things down to three main categories, or pillars, of persuasion: pathos, ethos and logos. Since every Kickstarter is a piece of persuasion, you need to be thinking about this.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L_G82HH9Tg

Did you run into any examples of this as you were looking at your Kickstarters? Daybook Group Activity.

Thinkwrite: Take some time to apply logos/ethos/pathos to one of the Kickstarters you described in your Solo #1 paper. How did that campaign use each of those? What were its strengths and weaknesses in terms of pathos/ethos/logos?

As you plan for your Kickstarter on Paper, Draft #1 due Tuesday, be thinking of the ways you will appeal to your readers. You need to decide on your idea, and then the details of your campaign. Also you'll decide the layout of your campaign on paper. This is another assignment that does NOT look like an essay.

Do you need to print the "Language Use in Kickstarter" worksheet?

Homework:

1. Complete the page of notes assigned yesterday. Then begin the rough draft of your Kickstarter on Paper, due Tuesday. Please do have it typed.

2. Complete the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment, due Monday. You will find it  in Moodle; either print and write out your answers, or do it on your computer as an e-file.

3. [ASEP students -- get your Kickstarter mostly done this weekend so you can work ahead with me on the NEXT project.]

2. TWFTD: pathetic

Solo Paper #1 Due

Return of Lego paper. Keep the final version which is stapled to the grading rubric (on the top of your stack). The final version with grading rubric must be saved for your portfolio and the final page count.

You need one copy of your Solo Paper #1 AND the grading rubric/ assignment sheet to hand in.

THINKWRITE: Please look back at your lists of the steps in the writing process, from the first and second day of class. Think about the process you went through to write THIS paper. Which of those steps on the list did you actually do? Describe the process you went through. What was helpful, and what you would like to do differently for the next assignment?

We shift gears to the Kickstarter on Paper.  I hand out the purple assignment sheet.

You get into groups and come up with a list of the Key Elements that you think the Kickstarters On Paper should have. Note these down in your daybook.

We combine your input into a CLASS LIST OF KEY ELEMENTS. Everyone will copy this onto their purple sheet.

[Next daybook check is August 7.]

Homework:

1. Write a page of brainstorming notes in your daybook of ideas for your Kickstarter on Paper. The rough draft, due Tuesday, should be typed. It should have something in EACH of the Key Elements, but it need not be complete.

2. TWFTD: analogy

EasyBib for Kickstarter

Let's look again at the example paper.

Fun with figurative language:  Why English Teachers Die Young. Note that snopes.com is one place to find out the truth of some internet oddities.

Take the handout and copy down your two favorite "lame analogies" in your daybook. BE SURE TO CREDIT THE SOURCE --THE PERSON WHO MADE IT UP.

We cite the source because of this: Joe was frustrated, like a man who thought his claim to fame was occasional appearances in a weekly humor contest, but in fact is known to millions as a stupid high school student who writes unintentionally humorous bad analogies. (Joseph Romm, Washington)

Next we'll use EasyBib to create a Works Cited page for the paper due tomorrow. You are to list any Kickstarters that you discuss in your paper. Note: Use the closing date of the Kickstarter for its date of publication.

Homework:

1. Your Solo Paper #1 is due tomorrow. Bring the blue assignment sheet (that has the grading rubric) to hand in with your printed paper.

2. TWFTD: ubiquitous

Language Use in Kickstarter

Thinkwrite: Hopefully, you have made some progress on the paper due Thursday. Take some time now to explain what YOU think are the required characteristics (or criteria, or elements) for a successful Kickstarter presentation. (Note: this is what your paper is about.)

We look at Everyday Writer Sec. 23. Slang? Being pompous? Euphemistic? Using jargon? How formal should a Kickstarter essay be?

How about using specific and concrete language? Let's transform "We took a test."
Do Ex. 23.5 on page 267, writing the answers in your daybook.

How about metaphors and similes? http://www.ted.com/talks/james_geary_metaphorically_speaking?language=en

Now I explain the "Language Use in Kickstarter" assignment in our class in Moodle. It is due Monday Aug. 3. [Go to Moodle, scroll to the highlighted section, click on "Language Use in Kickstarter." Directions are on the sheet that downloads.]

Homework:

1. Continue working on your paper, due Thursday. Refer to the helpful information in Ch.21 Bedford as you think about your introduction/ conclusion/ transitions/connections.

2. Keep an eye out for the items on the "Language Use in Kickstarter" as you think about your examples.

3. TWFTD: synesthesia 

Thinking about Kickstarter Campaigns

We look  at the forum questions from Friday.

1. http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/12/05/tip-of-the-iceberg-how-the-illusion-of-products-can-mislead-customers-about-the-realities-of-business/

This caused me to follow the link about the T-shirt. Which brought me back to Kickstarter.

Thinkwrite: What can we look for in a Kickstarter's campaign to help decide whether a Kickstarter project has the ability to actually produce its product?

Now on to the topic of writing/ language use.

2. Open The Everyday Writer to Section 23a-d. This section is FULL of nomenclature relating to writing. Take notes in your daybook over these sections. Write down each green heading and then explain it in your own words. Tomorrow there will be an assignment using this information.


Homework:

1. Complete taking notes on Section 23a-d in Everyday Writer.

2. Be working on your Solo Paper #1.

3. TWFTD: your choice from Section 23 in Everyday Writer.

Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Savar_building_collapse