Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Rhetoric of Aftermath

Starter 19:  Choose either bin Laden's letter or Howard Zinn's chapter.  React to either's rhetoric.


Fallacies


President Bush's Address to a Joint Session of Congress:  September 20, 2001
1.  What do you notice about Bush's rhetoric?  Jot down your observations as you watch his speech.
2.  How does this rhetoric affect you personally?


Homework:
1.  Read "Commit For the Long Run" by Robert Kagan and Ronald D. Asmus
2.  Find 5 examples of logical fallacies in any sources of rhetoric including the sources we are looking at in class. (ads are a good place to find certain types).  Write down the example and the source.  Due Thursday
3.  Honors (optional for everyone):  Check out Project For the New American Century.  Discover the ideological bias of the organization by exploring their website.  How is their rhetoric?