Goals for the Day
- Continue to develop our perspectives on foreign policy
- Apply our emerging rhetorical analysis skills to political discourse
Starter #17: Where do you find your developing perspective on foreign policy after last night's readings? Use example from the texts to support your answer.
Review main ideas from the readings.
Additional Rhetorical Concepts
Doublethink: the power to hold two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them. -George Orwell, 1984
A few more fallacies...
False Analogy: This
fallacy compares two things which might share some similarities, but also
differ in very important, often crucial ways. Meaning is often twisted with this fallacy.
- Humans were born as free as the birds. Why should we work?
Guilt by Association: This fallacy claims someone is guilty because they may share some ideas or have a relationship with a criticized person or group.
- All communists are civil rights supporters. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a civil rights supporter. Therefore, Martin Luther King, Jr. is a communist.
Watch film: Leading to War
1. "Annotate" the film, noting rhetorical devices.
2. Look for examples of logos, pathos, and ethos.
3. Look for logical fallacies.
4. Are the filmmakers guilty of any fallacies?
5. In comp books, write a solid paragraph analyzing the rhetoric that we see in this movie.
Homework
Read "Doubts About Doublespeak" by William Lutz. Answer questions 1-4.
Add this Question: #5. Are there examples of the four types of doublespeak in the video we watched? (Re-watch clips from the video if you have to).