Interactive Design for Educators and Active Learners .education “Dare to know.” ~Horace~ A SURVEY OF WESTERN LITERATURE I AN INTRODUCTION PRIMARY FOCUS TO RHETORIC AND NON-FICTION Beginner Intermediate Advanced Selected contemporary non-fiction from publications such asThe New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Economist, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest, An introduction to non-fiction and rhetorical History Today, Wired Magazine, and Rolling Stone Magazine. analysis. FURTHER EXPLORATION SPEECHES EDITORIAL “Single Events Have CARTOONISTS Multiple Causes”—Joe Theodore Roosevelt Boswell, Aeon 29 July 2016 “The Doctrine of the Lalo Alcaraz “‘Free Speech’ Is a Strenuous Life” 1899 Nick Anderson Blunt Instrument”—Rob- “The New Nationalism” Robert Arial ert Simpson, Aeon 31 March 1910 Darrin Bell 2017 Emmeline Pankhurst Clay Bennett “Freedom or death” 1913 Lisa Benson ART Eugene V. Debs Steve Benson “While there is a lower Chip Bok Banksy class, I am in it” 1918 Matt Bors Flower Molotov Chaim Rumkowski Steve Breen Sale Ends Today “Give me your children” Stuart Carlson Tesco Allegiance 1942 Ken Catalino Elephant William Faulkner Jeff Danziger Surveillance “The agony and the Matt Davies Sunflowers LEXIS GUIDE sweat” 1950 John Deering Landscape Bertrand Russell Tim Eagan Apron anaphora affect “Shall we choose death?” Phil Hands Piñata anecdote agon 1954 Joe Heller Holiday antecedent bad propaganda Martin Luther King, Jr. Jerry Holbert Stuffed Cargo antithesis claim “I have a dream” 1963 Clay Jones audience classification Nicola Sacco and Bartole- Mike Lester balanced colloquialism meo Vanzetti Mike Luckovitch bombastic counterclaim “I am never guilty, never” Signe Wilkinson chiasmus definition 1927 colloquial effect Franklin Delano Roos- ESSAYS context ethos evelt diction eulogy “The only thing we have “What Is Good Rheto- didactic euphemism to fear is fear itself” 1933 ric?”— Tushar Irani, Aeon 11 edify evidence Betty Friedan April 2017 elitist fallacy “A woman’s civil right” “Deadly Rhetoric”— erudite good propaganda 1969 Venkat Srinivasan, Aeon 29 jargon intention Jesse Jackson Aug 2014 laudatory irony “Keep hope alive” 1988 “Charisma Is a Mys- litotes justification Salman Rushdie terious and Dangerous message logos “What is my single life Gift”—John Potts, Aeon 3 objective manipulation worth?” 1991 Aug 2016 oxymoron occasion Barry Goldwater “What the Teleprompt- parallelism panegyric “Extremism in defence of er Tells Us About Truth, pedagogical paradox liberty is no vice” 1964 Trump and Speech”— persuasion pathos Malcolm X Nana Ariel, Aeon 2 Feb 2017 polemic primary source “More African than Amer- “Are Human Rights quixotic qualification ican” 1965 Anything More than Legal repetition qualitative Robert Kennedy Conventions?”—John Ta- sarcasm quantitative “A tiny ripple of hope” sioulas, Aeon 11 April 2017 situation rebuttal 1966 stance secondary source terse sophistry tone syntax truculent zeugma vitriolic AN INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC AND STUDENT GUIDE NON-FICTION A SURVEY OF WESTERN LITERATURE I ASSIGNMENTS Key questions: “What makes a man a ‘sophist’ is not his faculty, but his moral purpose.” ~Aristotle~ BASE GOALS outline the historical moment of the event. answer key questions. study prose and poetry. define and synthesize the selected lexis. state dates of publication and events. annotate the required texts. summarize and analyze texts. formulate a position and support it. plan, produce, proofread, and revise an argument. relate the event to prior knowledge. relate the event to the real world. A SURVEY OF WESTERN LITERATURE I AN INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCES RHETORIC AND NON- FICTION Modes of Discourse Speech Writing Persuasion Narration Key questions: Memoir Description Cause and Effect What is the difference between manipulation Compare and Contrast Exposition Classification and persuasion? What is rhetoric according to Aristotle? Personal Essay Process Analysis Synthesis Essay How do we persuade others and how are we persuaded? Exemplification Synthesize three sources What is the difference between good and bad into an argumentative essay rhetoric? following the classical model: What is the difference between good and bad introduction, narration, propaganda? confirmation, refutation, and How does context affect speech? conclusion. What are modes of discourse? What are some ways of organizing an argu- ment? Is everything an argument? CONTINUAL GOALS » reading » language » relate unit to EXTENSIONS note taking idioms multiple perspectives outline the organization of a text. annotating proper use of tense questioning beliefs locate the thesis in a text. data and graphs dictionary usage understanding origins identify the antecedent of a sentence. technical writing etymological study understanding difference identify rhetorical devices and their effect in nonfic- visualization grammar study understanding repetition tion writing. vocalization evaluating sources rethinking space compare and contrast two opposing arguments. internet research rethinking time compare and contrast two opposing viewpoints. » writing library research epistemology debate an issue. ontology identify controversial issues. MLA format » interdisciplinary discuss cultural relativism. thesis statements thinking » citizenship define an assortment of fallacious arguments: body paragraphs red herring, straw man, ad hominem, slippery topic sentences history real world interaction slope, false dilemma, bandwagon, cherry picking, organization economics real world understanding hasty generalization, missing the point, internal transitions psychology group work begging the question, tu quoque, post hoc ergo transitional phrases anthropology leadership propter hoc, false analogy, appeal to authority, boundary statements sociology dramatic reading equivocation. effective titles mythology dramatic performance understand the utility of fallacies. academic language the arts speech making deliver a speech. academic voice physics negotiation skills differentiate persuasion and manipulation. informal voice biology interview skills differentiate good and bad rhetoric. formal voice chemistry presentation skills understand Aristotle’s views from Rhetoric. plagiarism warning mathematics debate skills understand Plato’s views on Sophistry per his work modifying quotations ethics Sophist. integrating quotations citing quotations works cited page WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 CONTINUAL GOALS » reading » language » relate unit to note taking idioms multiple perspectives annotating proper use of tense questioning beliefs data and graphs dictionary usage understanding origins technical writing etymological study understanding difference visualization grammar study understanding repetition vocalization evaluating sources rethinking space internet research rethinking time » writing library research epistemology ontology MLA format » interdisciplinary thesis statements thinking » citizenship body paragraphs topic sentences history real world interaction organization economics real world understanding internal transitions psychology group work transitional phrases anthropology leadership boundary statements sociology dramatic reading effective titles mythology dramatic performance academic language the arts speech making academic voice physics negotiation skills informal voice biology interview skills formal voice chemistry presentation skills plagiarism warning mathematics debate skills modifying quotations ethics integrating quotations citing quotations works cited page.