Key question: What function does rhetoric perform in a (democratic) society?
Starter 9.7: How would you answer the key question right now? What is the function of rhetoric in a democratic society?
Discuss and clarify: RHETORIC AS AN ART
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Rhetoric is a Response and Invites a Response
WATCH CLIP: America is the greatest country in the world?
- Respond to this rhetoric in at least 250 words in Digital Comp Book. Call it JOURNAL 9.7 (Approx. 2 well-developed paragraphs)
- Your response should have two parts:
- 1) Relate this clip to any of the ideas/principles from the Herrick article
- 2) Respond to the message itself as an "audience member." What is your ideological reaction to this clip? Relate it to your own thoughts about America and things that you have noticed or believe to be true. ( Be rhetorical! That is to say: take an ideological perspective on this clip and try to be convincing.)
Cut and paste just PART 2 of your response in this Google Doc (sign your name!). Respond to the rhetoric of at least three of your peers in the comments. Feel free to continue commenting beyond that. Rhetoric is a response and invites a response!