Thursday, August 28, 2014

An Example


What about Logos, Ethos and Pathos? We look at this: http://fyc.usf.edu/Documents%20Social%20and%20Political%20Arguments/Logos%20Ethos%20Pathos%20Powerpoint.ppt

We read an example Problem/ Solution essay. Page 187 in The Bedford Guide "Why Prisons Don't Work" by Wilbert Rideau.

More help with the Three Appeals: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/12/21/classical-rhetoric-101-the-three-means-of-persuasion/.


Homework:

1. On Tuesday next week, a mind map of your Problem/ Solution paper is due. If you prefer NOT to do a mind map, you may submit a formal outline, typed. Use complete sentences in either the mind map OR the outline.

2. TWFTD: pathetic (adj.) in OED.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

State the Problem

Write a sentence that states the problem you are going to explore in the next paper.

Write three questions on the topic you'll need to find answers for.

We discuss.



Homework:

1. Spend time analyzing and reading about your problem. Take a page of notes in your daybook on the topic. Be sure to track any online sources you use for information.

2. TWFTD:  rehabilitation in OED.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Problems?

If the courts are in charge...

Do you agree with the Australian Supreme Court ruling? Do you know of any other music-related intellectual property issues?

How about this one in England? Who owns that movie?

Solutions? What's Creative Commons? and this: http://questioncopyright.org/

I hand out the assignment sheet, and you brainstorm possible topics.

Homework:

1. Be ready tomorrow to explain what your paper will be about.

2. TWFTD: "intellectual property" as a term.