Persuasive Appeals Unit

Name:______Teacher:______Period:_____

Directions:

1.  Following the list below you will make your way to the appropriate station.

2.  You will spend approximately 20-25 minutes at each of the six stations in the library. At the end of the time period listen for a signal from your teacher to switch stations. You will report to the library all week making sure you are prepared to utilize your time wisely. After the first day of station assignments you will follow up the next day starting at a new station in consecutive order. You will need to be prepared to work on an essay Thursday and Friday in library as well.

3.  Please be on your best behavior while in the library understanding that if you leave early or act inappropriately you will be asked to leave.

These are the starting assignments:

Rodriguez – Station 1

Tupa/Gilley – Station 2

Logan – Station 3

Ward – Station 4

Knox – Station 5

Open – Station 6

This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Thursday February 4. If you are absent any day during the assignment, please utilize either Thursday or Friday to go back over any stations you miss.

Rubric for grading:

Possible Points / Pts. Earned
Following directions; behavior / 10
Station 1 / 15
Station 2 / 15
Station 3 / 15
Station 4 / 15
Station 5 / 15
Station 6 / 15
Total: / 100

Station 1: George Bush’s 9/11 spch

1.  Primary subject ______

Evidence of POV/position ______

2.  Tone ______

Specific words/phrases as evidence ______

3.  Overall purpose? ______

Desired impact? ______

4.  TE 1 ______

TE 2 ______

TE 3 ______

Effectiveness and/or value in achieving their purpose ______Ethos example ______

Pathos example ______

Logos example ______

5.  Question 1 ______

Question 2 ______

Questions 3 ______

6.  Strongest element and why ______

Weakest element and why ______

7.  5-6 sentence summary ______

Station 2 – A Teenager’s Letter

1.  Ethos example 1 ______

How Ethos was used ______

2.  Ethos example 2 ______

How Ethos was used ______

3.  Pathos example 1 ______

How Pathos was used ______

4.  Pathos example 2 ______

How Pathos was used ______

5.  Logos example ______

How Logos was used ______

Station 3 – Commercials

1.  Item being sold ______Audience ______

Appeal ______How do you know ______

2.  Item being sold ______Audience ______

Appeal ______How do you know ______

3.  Item being sold ______Audience ______

Appeal ______How do you know ______

4.  Item being sold ______Audience ______

Appeal ______How do you know ______

5.  Item being sold ______Audience ______

Appeal ______How do you know ______

6.  Item being sold ______Audience ______

Appeal ______How do you know ______

Station 4 – Print Ads

Part I: Pathos, Logos, Ethos
1.  ______
2.  ______
3.  ______
4.  ______
5.  ______
6.  ______
7.  ______
8.  ______
9.  ______
10.  ______/ Part II: Print Ads
1.  Audience ______
Purpose ______
Appeal ______
2.  Audience ______
Purpose ______
Appeal ______
3.  Audience ______
Purpose ______
Appeal ______
4.  Audience ______
Purpose ______
Appeal ______
5.  Audience ______
Purpose ______
Appeal ______
6.  Audience ______
Purpose ______
Appeal ______

Station 5 – Movie Speeches

300 – Why Ethos ______

TE ______

Saving Private Ryan – Why uses Pathos ______

TE ______

Good Will Hunting – Why uses Logos ______

TE ______

Braveheart – Appeal ______

Why ______

TE ______

Station 6 – Batman

1.  What was the speaker’s thesis, main point they were trying to make? ______

2.  Ethos example ______

3.  Pathos example ______

4.  Logos example ______

5.  Ways bats help farmers

a.  ______

b.  ______

6.  Reasons bats need help

a.  ______

b.  ______

c.  ______

7.  Common misconceptions

a.  ______

b.  ______

c.  ______

Truths

a.  ______

b.  ______

c.  ______

8.  What question is left unanswered ______