Unfortunately, I had to go home sick today. Please explore the new questions on the board by completing the following tasks:
1. Read/annotate "Doublespeak" by William Lutz (Hard copies on front table). Be able to identify the thesis of the article and define the key terms. (euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, inflated language) Try to associate it with real world examples.
2. Explore Logical Fallacies on the Internet.
Here is a great You Tube channel that covers many different fallacies. Also, check out the poster on my wall.
JOURNAL 9.26: Notes/Examples of Fallacies
For each fallacy you research, note it in your comp book, and try to think of an example to go with it.
3. Google and consume media surrounding tonight's debate.
Optional Homework
Watch Presidential Debate tonight and look for the elements of rhetoric we have been studying so far. You will have an open-note/open-reading quiz this week that asks you to apply your rhetorical knowledge to the presidential debate. We will watch it again in class later this week, so you don’t have to watch it tonight, but please feel free if this stuff is fascinating to you. Think about fallacies and doublespeak as you watch!
HONORS: As you will be writing your first essay on this debate, you may benefit from watching it more than once. Preview the essay here!