Friday, September 25, 2015

Day 11: Middle Class Black's Burden & Fatso

Writing: What oppositions do you use to evaluate people? Nice/mean. Men/women. Tall/short.

Discussion

1. The Middle-Class Black's Burden

Small Groups --> review homework questions AND figure out the audience, So What?, and tone. (share on board)

Large Groups --> Review board work.

Forms of persuasion
1. Ethos: trust, credibility (credible sources, personal experience)
2. Logos: reason, logic (references studies, comparisons, analogies, metaphors)
3. Pathos: values, emotion (personal stories, inspirational quotes/speech, vivid language)

Is McClain trying to persuade us of something? If so, what forms does she use?

2. Fatso

Small Groups --> review homework questions AND role of repetition.

Large Groups --> Is there a difference between identity elements you can control** and elements you're born with?

**assumed

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